Herbicidal potential of parasitic plants, cuscuta spp. (dodder) and salix tetrasperma (indian willow) on selected weed, cenchrus echinatus (burr grass) / Zarina Ahmad

Weed and parasitic plants are well known as an invasive species as they bring disadvantages to various sectors and have colonized worldwide. The weed, Cenchrus echinatus (burr grass) is a disturber because of the thorny seed they produce that can stick to cloths and make them easily disperse. Theref...

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Main Author: Ahmad, Zarina
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Language:English
Published: Faculty of Applied Sciences 2018
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spelling uitm-234702019-03-19T03:59:35Z http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/23470/ Herbicidal potential of parasitic plants, cuscuta spp. (dodder) and salix tetrasperma (indian willow) on selected weed, cenchrus echinatus (burr grass) / Zarina Ahmad Ahmad, Zarina Bacteria Weed and parasitic plants are well known as an invasive species as they bring disadvantages to various sectors and have colonized worldwide. The weed, Cenchrus echinatus (burr grass) is a disturber because of the thorny seed they produce that can stick to cloths and make them easily disperse. Therefore, parasitic plants, Cuscuta spp. (dodder) and Salix tetrasperma (indian willow) are used in this project to inhibit growth of weed because they are believed useful in natural herbicide. In this study, the water and methanol extraction of the herbicidal effect were compared. Petri dish bioassay were carry out to observe activity of the parasitic plants extracts on seed germination and seedling growth of weed. All weed's seed was put in open environment with sunlight. Temperature and humidity of air in this experiment was based on the natural environment. The parameters that being observed were the length of leaves and roots, and germination percentage. As for the result, the seeds growth after treated with extraction of parasitic plant showed decrease in length of leaves and roots, germination percentage and numbers of leaves compare to non-treated seeds. Extraction of Dodder shows better results compared to Indian willow. This is due to the differences in allelopathic properties in both plants. In conclusion, this indicate that treatment with extraction of parasitic plant had supressed the growth of weed. The extraction only delay the seeds growth without actually kill them. Faculty of Applied Sciences 2018 Student Project NonPeerReviewed text en http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/23470/1/PPb_Zarina%20Ahmad%20N%20AS%2018_5.pdf Ahmad, Zarina (2018) Herbicidal potential of parasitic plants, cuscuta spp. (dodder) and salix tetrasperma (indian willow) on selected weed, cenchrus echinatus (burr grass) / Zarina Ahmad. [Student Project] (Submitted)
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Herbicidal potential of parasitic plants, cuscuta spp. (dodder) and salix tetrasperma (indian willow) on selected weed, cenchrus echinatus (burr grass) / Zarina Ahmad
description Weed and parasitic plants are well known as an invasive species as they bring disadvantages to various sectors and have colonized worldwide. The weed, Cenchrus echinatus (burr grass) is a disturber because of the thorny seed they produce that can stick to cloths and make them easily disperse. Therefore, parasitic plants, Cuscuta spp. (dodder) and Salix tetrasperma (indian willow) are used in this project to inhibit growth of weed because they are believed useful in natural herbicide. In this study, the water and methanol extraction of the herbicidal effect were compared. Petri dish bioassay were carry out to observe activity of the parasitic plants extracts on seed germination and seedling growth of weed. All weed's seed was put in open environment with sunlight. Temperature and humidity of air in this experiment was based on the natural environment. The parameters that being observed were the length of leaves and roots, and germination percentage. As for the result, the seeds growth after treated with extraction of parasitic plant showed decrease in length of leaves and roots, germination percentage and numbers of leaves compare to non-treated seeds. Extraction of Dodder shows better results compared to Indian willow. This is due to the differences in allelopathic properties in both plants. In conclusion, this indicate that treatment with extraction of parasitic plant had supressed the growth of weed. The extraction only delay the seeds growth without actually kill them.
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author Ahmad, Zarina
author_facet Ahmad, Zarina
author_sort Ahmad, Zarina
title Herbicidal potential of parasitic plants, cuscuta spp. (dodder) and salix tetrasperma (indian willow) on selected weed, cenchrus echinatus (burr grass) / Zarina Ahmad
title_short Herbicidal potential of parasitic plants, cuscuta spp. (dodder) and salix tetrasperma (indian willow) on selected weed, cenchrus echinatus (burr grass) / Zarina Ahmad
title_full Herbicidal potential of parasitic plants, cuscuta spp. (dodder) and salix tetrasperma (indian willow) on selected weed, cenchrus echinatus (burr grass) / Zarina Ahmad
title_fullStr Herbicidal potential of parasitic plants, cuscuta spp. (dodder) and salix tetrasperma (indian willow) on selected weed, cenchrus echinatus (burr grass) / Zarina Ahmad
title_full_unstemmed Herbicidal potential of parasitic plants, cuscuta spp. (dodder) and salix tetrasperma (indian willow) on selected weed, cenchrus echinatus (burr grass) / Zarina Ahmad
title_sort herbicidal potential of parasitic plants, cuscuta spp. (dodder) and salix tetrasperma (indian willow) on selected weed, cenchrus echinatus (burr grass) / zarina ahmad
publisher Faculty of Applied Sciences
publishDate 2018
url http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/23470/
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