- Title
- Allelopathic effects of Lantana camara on indigenous forest species in South Africa
- Creator
- Ruwanza, Sheunesu, Shackleton, Charlie M
- Subject
- To be catalogued
- Date
- 2016
- Type
- text
- Type
- article
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/182296
- Identifier
- vital:43818
- Identifier
- xlink:href="http://www.allelopathyjournal.org/?"
- Description
- Lantana camara, is an invasive plant in South Africa and greatly influences the forest spp. In greenhouse, we evaluated the allelopathic effects of aqueous extracts of L. camara leaf, stem and root on 5-test species, (3-forest species viz., Acacia natalitia, Kiggalaria africana and Searsia crenata and 2-crops: Solanum lycopersicum and Lactuca sativa). Potential allelopathic compounds present in L. camara leaf, stem and root aqueous extracts were identified using gas chromatography mass spectrometry (GC-MS). The leaf, stem and root aqueous extracts of L. camara reduced the seed germination and seedling growth of all test species showing that L. camara aqueous extracts were deleterious to all test species. We identified 92 major volatile organic components in L. camara aqueous extracts. These compounds had the potential to inhibit the germination and seedling growth of test crops. The leaf, stem and root aqueous extracts of L. camara contained the allelopathic compounds that inhibited the germination and seedling growth of indigenous forest species and crop species.
- Format
- computer, online resource, application/pdf, 1 online resource (11 pages), pdf
- Publisher
- CAB Direct
- Language
- English
- Relation
- Allelopathy Journal, Ruwanza, S. and Shackleton, C.M., 2016. Allelopathic effects of Lantana camara on indigenous forest species in South Africa. Allelopathy Journal, 38(1), pp.65-76, Allelopathy Journal volume 38 number 1 p. 65 2016 0971-1693
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Ruwanza, Sheunesu (Dr)
RU DST/NRF SARChI for Interdisciplinary Science in Land and Natural Resource Use for Sustainable Livelihoods
RU Department of Environmental Science
Shackleton, Charles Michael (Distinguished Prof)
SDG 15. Life On Land
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