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What is allelopathy?

What is allelopathy? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. The release by a plant of a toxin to suppress growth of nearby competing plants.
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Fujii suggests that with respect to Namoi woolly pod vetch, allelopathy is mainly due to the chemicals cyanamide and L-cyanoalanine.
It can provide a potent mixture of allelopathy and shade for the soil, inhibiting weed seed germination.
Known information on whether the residues of the organism can have an ecological effect, such as allelopathy, on other organisms should be provided.
Ideally, growers will vary cover crops from year to year to take advantage of different botanical characteristics such as rooting patterns, allelopathy and nitrogen fixation.
Some crops such as rye or canola can have detrimental effects on following crops of corn unless properly managed due to allelopathy or the effects on microorganisms such as mycorrhyzae.
This is due to a phenomenon known as allelopathy where there are chemicals in the leaves, flowers and stems of the flamboyant which inhibit the growth of other plants.

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