An Effective Approach to Environmentally Friendly Weed Control Through Allelopathy: A Review

• Authors: E. A. Shittu , M. S. Bassey , A. Lado , T. T. Bello
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

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The effective approach to environmentally friendly weed control through allelopathy was reviewed. Food security and agricultural sustainability are threatened by the growing world population. In contemporary agriculture, allelopathy has become a practical method for addressing a variety of problems such weed management. The use of allelopathy for weed and other pest management in agricultural production is being investigated using a number of techniques, including as crop rotation, cover cropping, intercropping, mulching, crop residue integration, and water or ethanol extract application. Allelopathic effects for sustainable weed management can be manifested in the form of weed on crop, crop on weed, and weed on weed. Different types of crude extract or ethanol/methanol extracts of either the leaf, stem, rhizomes, or flowers of the concerned species have been shown to have an inhibitory effect on both crop and weed species biomass production as well as seed germination, radicle and plumule elongation. Allelopathy, one of several weed management strategies, may result in lower labor costs and more efficiency without harming the environment. Alternatively, allelopathy can be utilized in the form of extracts of a promising crop or weed species to suppress weed populations with a reduced herbicide rate, thereby broadening the spectrum of control measures.

Keywords

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Allelopathy; crops; sustainable weed management; weed control option

Discipline

• AGRICULTURE: AGRICULTURE

• Publisher: Scientific Publishing House „DARWIN”
• Journal: World News of Natural Sciences
• Year: 2025
• Volume: 59
• Pages: 204-220

Contributors

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E. A. Shittu

• Department of Agronomy, Bayero University Kano, PMB 3011, Kano State, Nigeria

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M. S. Bassey

• National Cereals Research Institute, Badeggi, PMB 8, Bida, Niger State, Nigeria

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A. Lado

• Department of Agronomy, Bayero University Kano, PMB 3011, Kano State, Nigeria

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T. T. Bello

• Department of Agronomy, Bayero University Kano, PMB 3011, Kano State, Nigeria

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