Title: Assessment of Allelopathy Among Microbes and Plants
Abstract: Allelopathic effects of microbes on plants, whether due to direct production of toxins by the microbes or to toxic molecules produced during microbial decomposition of organic residues, have been difficult to prove. The problem can be related to difficulties in characterizing and incorporating environmental factors regulating the allelopathic relationship such as soil water, and temperature. The need to follow production of allelopathic compounds and mechanisms of synthesis, fate of the allelochemicals in the soil, their uptake by and specific damage to the plant, and reisolation of the allelochemicals or their breakdown products in the plant makes the task of establishing allelopathic mechanisms difficult. Yet, complete knowledge of all these processes is essential for assessment of allelopathy among microbes and plants. Two cases are presented to examine the allelopathic potential of toxins from decomposing crop residues and the role of microbial root colonizers that produce toxins.
Publication Year: 1987
Publication Date: 1987-01-08
Language: en
Type: book-chapter
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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