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Allelopathic Effect of Street Tree Leaf-litter Extracts on Cucumber |
SHANG Ling-ling,ZHU Qiu-ying,CAO Ling,ZHANG Qin-chao,WANG Qian* |
College of Agronomy and Biotechnology,China Agricultural University,Beijing 100193,China |
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Abstract In order to provide the theoretical foundation of street tree leaf-litter’s usage in the production of vegetables,the allelopathy of leaf-litter on cucumber(Cucumis sativus L.)of 6 kinds of street tree(ginkgo biloba,populous tomentosa,pinus tabulaeformis,poplar,platanus orientalis and paulownia)was investigated by means of bioassay in laboratory.The results showed that the leaf-litter of 6 street trees all have allelopathy on cucumber,but their allelopathic mechanisms and intensities were different.The 6 street trees’ leaf-litter could increase cucumber seedlings’ height,but had no effect on their germination rate and dry weight.As for the root length,leaf-litters of ginkgo biloba,populus tomentosa and pinus tabulaeformis had promotion effect,that of poplar had inhibit effect,platanus orientalis had no effect,and paulownia had promotion/inhibit double effects.The leaf-litters of ginkgo biloba and populus tomentosa could increase the fresh weight of cucumber seedlings,but that of the other 4 had no effect.The comprehensive sensitive index reflects that the allelopahy of ginkgo biloba>populus tomentosa>platanus orientalis>pinus tabulaeformis>paulownia>poplar,the sensitivity of seedling height>fresh weight>root length>dry weight>germination rate.
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Received: 15 January 2012
Published: 10 February 2012
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