Brief report) Allelopathic Effect of the Iranian Walnut Extract on Germination and Initial Growth of Purslane (Portulaca oleracea) and Redroot Pigweed (Amaranthus retroflexus)

Omidi, H.; Shakeri, E.; Hoseinpour, M.; Rafiee, V.

doi:10.22067/jpp.v27i2.24581

Brief report) Allelopathic Effect of the Iranian Walnut Extract on Germination and Initial Growth of Purslane (Portulaca oleracea) and Redroot Pigweed (Amaranthus retroflexus)

Document Type : Research Article

Authors

H. Omidi

E. Shakeri

M. Hoseinpour

V. Rafiee

10.22067/jpp.v27i2.24581

Abstract

To study allelopathic effects of iranian walnut (Juglans regia L.) on germination and initial growth of purslane (Portulaca oleracea) and redroot pigweed (Amaranthus retroflexus) an experiment was conducted in shahed university. The result showed that fresh leaf had negatively effected on Radicle Length. Also, with increasing extract concentrations of persian walnut, the seed germination and seedling growth of the two species was reduced significantly.

Keywords

Inhibitory effects

Walnut

Seed

Fresh residues

Extract concentrations