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A very important component of the aggressive nature of weeds is allelopathic interference, the full potential of which is just being realized in the management of agroecosystems. Research results are presented which demonstrate the allelopathic interactions involved in a wide range of cropweed combinations occurring in a great variety of habitats. This includes crops planted in weed control, crops with allelopathic potential, and noncrop plants of beneficial use for weed control as a result of allelopathic interference. Allelopathy can play a beneficial role in multiple cropping systems, crop rotations, and cover cropping. The potential role for allelopathic interactions in the design of biological weed control is proposed.
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Paper prepared for the North American Symposium on Allelopathy, November 14–17, 1982, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
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Gliessman, S.R. Allelopathic interactions in crop-weed mixtures. J Chem Ecol 9, 991–999 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00982206
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