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Allelopathic Potential of Sorghum in Agroecosystems

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The promising allelopathic potential of sorghum opened a fruitful area of research to exploit this phenomenon in weed control and regulation of nutrient cycle. The data suggests that sorghum allelopathy can be exploited in different cropping practices, such as cover crop, smother crop, companion crop, and mixing crop to control weeds and inhibition of nitrification. Also, application of water extracts of sorghum at field level appeared to be effective method to reduce weeds and enhance productivity of the test crops. The herbicidal and allelopathic properties of sorgoleone, a compound isolated from root exudates of sorghum, and other allelochemicals in sorghum deserve further work to identify the enzymes responsible for the biosynthesis of these compounds and the genes encoding them. The other necessary step is the use of genetic engineering to manipulate the identified genes in sorghum or in other crops to enhance their ability to suppress weeds. This chapter addresses the research activity on the role of allelopathic potential in different cropping systems and the approaches developed in weed management.

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    Ibrahim S. Alsaadawi

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Alsaadawi, I.S. (2013). Allelopathic Potential of Sorghum in Agroecosystems. In: Cheema, Z., Farooq, M., Wahid, A. (eds) Allelopathy. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-30595-5_13

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