Allelopathic effect of Mountain sagebrush (Artemisia aucheri) on seedling emergency and vigor and some related traits Tall tescue (Festuca arundinaseae)

Document Type : Original Article

Abstract

The aim of the this study was to investigate the allelopathic effect of aerial and underground tissues of mountain sagebrush (Artemisia aucheri) on seed germination properties, seedling length, number of leaves, seedling dry weight and seed vigor of Festuca arundinaseae species. For this purpose, species of Ar. aucheri selected from Taleghan rangelands in Tehran Province. Then for 72 hours aerial and underground issues were exposed to direct sunlight. After air drying, obtained powder was used to do the experiment. The provided powder of 3, 6 and 9 grams from aerial and underground tissues of sagebrush mountion (Ar. aucheri)  was mixed with 900 grams of sand in pots and arranged in a completely randomized with four replications. 10 seeds from Festucaarundinaceae  were planted in each pot to 2-3 cm depth and germination percentage, germination rate, mean germination time, seeding length, leaf number, seedling weight and seed vigor was measured. Result showed that above ground and underground parts of Ar. Aucheri reducted germination and vigor characteristics of Festuca arundinaseae. Comparing the influence of aboveground and underground tissues revealed that root effectiveness was more than shoot.Regardless of the type of Artemisia effective compounds, characteristics of this plant on seed germination and early growth of seedlings Festucaarundinaceae have adverse effects that can be considered seriously in developing culture program of these two plants.

Keywords

References

Chauhan, B.S., Gill, G., and Preston, C. 2006. Factors affecting seed germination of annual sowthistle
(Sonchus oleraceus) in southern Australia. Weed Sci. 54: 854-860. Duke, S.O., K.C. Vaughn, E.M. Croom and H.N. Elsholy. 1987. Artemisinin, a constituent of annual
wormwood (Artemisia annua). Groves, C.R. and J.E. Anderson. 1981. Allelopathic effects of Artemisia tridentata leaves on germination
and growth of two grass species. Am. Midl. Nat. 106: 73- 79. Halligan, J.P. 1976. Toxicity of Artemisia californica to four associated herb species. Am. Midl. Nat. 95:
406- 421. Heisey, R.M. and C.C. Delwiche. 1983. A survey of california plants for water- extractable and volatile
inhibitors. Bot. Gaz. 144: 382- 390. Hente, A., M. Jafari., H. Mirzayi., and Zare chahuki, M. A. 2001. Allelopathic effect of Atriplex
canescens on germination Artemisia. sieber. Iranian journal of Natural Resource. 57: 813-819. Lydon, J., J.R. Teasdale and P.K. Chen. 1997. Allelopathic activity of annual wormwood (Artemisia
annua) and the role of artemisinin. Weed Sci. 45: 807- 811.

Mighani, F. 2003. Allelopathy, concepts and aplications, Parto Vaghe Press. 256p. Qasem, J.R. 1992. Pigweed (Amaranthus spp) interference in transplanted tomato (Lycopersicom esculentum). Hort. Sci. 67:
421-427. (in Persian)
Moghadam, M.R., 1998. Rangeland and range management. University of Tehran pub., 470pp. (in Persian)
Moghimi, j. 2004. Introduce some important pasture species suitable for pasture development and reform in
Iran. Arun pub. 672pp. (in Persian)
Muller, C.H. 1969. Allelopathy as a factor in ecological process. Vegetation. 18:348-357. Nabeel, M. and Fawzia, M.R. 2006. Allelopathic effect of Artemisia sieberi on germination and seedling
growth of Anabasis setifera. Pakistan j. boil. Sci. 9:1795-1798. Razmjuie, D., A. Tavili., M. Jafari., A. Henteh., M. H. Assareh and S. A. Javadi., 2009. Comparing
allelophathic effect of Zataria multiflora on seed emergence and developmental properties of Stipa arabica
and Cymbopogon olivieri seedlings. Vol. 2, No 4 :435-447. Rezaei Nodehi, A. and Khangholi. S.2003. Allelopathic potential of Cardaria draba ,Brassica deflexa and
Brassica napus on germination and seedling growth of Mathiola incana and Amaranthus caudatus. Pajouhesh & Sazandegi No: 60 pp: 65-71. (in Persian)
Rice, E.L. 1984. Allelopathy. Orlando, FL Academic Press, 482p. Seigler, D.S., 1996. Chemistry and
mechanism of allelopathic interaction. Agron. J.88: 876-885. Rice, E.L. 1995. Biological weeds and plant diseases advance in applid allelopathy. The university of
Oklahoma Press, Norman. 439p. Samedani, B., and M.A. 2005. Baghestani comparison of allelopathic activity of different Artemisia
species on seed germination rate and seedling growth of Avena ludoviciana. Pajouhesh & Sazandegi No 68
pp: 69-74. Smith, A.E., and Martin, L.D. 1994. Allelopathic characteristics of three coolseason grass species in the
forage ecosystem. Agron. J. 86: 243-246. Tavili, A., M. Janat Rostami., and Ebrahimi Darche, Kh. 2008. Inhibitory effects of Artemisia sieberi on
germination properties of Salsola rigida. Iranian J. Range Desert Res1 6: 409-418.
Iranian Journal of Seed Science and Technology
Volume 2, Issue 2 - Serial Number 4
December 2013
Pages 127-134

Files

Share

How to cite

Statistics