%0 Journal Article
%T Does Soil under Natural <i>Tithonia diversifolia </i>Vegetation Inhibit Seed Germination of Weed Species?
%A Gabriel Olulakin Adesina
%J American Journal of Plant Sciences
%P 2165-2173
%@ 2158-2750
%D 2013
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/ajps.2013.411268
%X <p class=\"MsoNormal\">
	<span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Pot experiment
was carried out in the screen house, Ladoke Akintola University Technology
Ogbomosho, Nigeria to determine the possible impact of </span><i><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Tithonia diversifolia</span></i><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> on the growth of </span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">thirteen selected weed species </span><span lang=\"EN-GB\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">weeds growing in its
surroundings. The study consisted of two treatments (</span><i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Tithonia diversifolia</span></i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> infested and Non-</span><i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Tithonia diversifolia</span></i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> infested soils) and from the two media</span></span><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">, the growth of </span><i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">A. hispidium</span></i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">,</span><i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> B. pilosa E. heterophylla</span></i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">,</span><i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> P. maximum </span></i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">and</span><i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> P. polystachion</span></i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> w</span></span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">as</span><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> significantly affected in
soil infested by </span><i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">T. diversifolia</span></i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">. The
number of weed seedling emergence afore mentioned </span></span><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">was significantly lower than what was
obtained in soil not infested with </span><i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">T.
diversifolia</span></i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> and this accounted for about 38% of the tested weed species.</span></span><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> Germination of f</span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">our of these weeds species (23%) </span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">(</span><i><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">A. spinosus</span></i><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">,</span><i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> C. viscosa</span></i><span
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%K Tithonia diversifolia&lt
%K /i&gt
%K Allelopathy
%K Allelochemical
%K Asteraceae
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=39575