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Research advances in allelopathy of Quercus L.

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Forestry Studies in China

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The term allelopathy refers to biochemical interaction between all types of plants including microorganisms through production of chemical compounds that escape into the environment and exist widely in Quercus L. The development of investigations into types of allelochemicals, their compounding and spreading pathways, as well as expression of allelopathy in Quercus L. are reviewed in this paper. We have closely and systematically emphasized the functional mechanisms of allelopathy in forest plants for our next research project on allelopathy in Quercus L.

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    Li Guang-de, Jia Li-ming & Li Xiao-wen

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Li, Gd., Jia, Lm. & Li, Xw. Research advances in allelopathy of Quercus L.. For. Stud. China 9, 287–294 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11632-007-0046-7

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