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Alkaloids washed from the seeds ofDatura stramonium inhibited the early gowth ofHelianthus annuus in Black Earth and Lateritic Podzolic soils. Under laboratory conditions, the magnitude of the inhibition was greater in the Lateritic Podzolic than the Black Earth soil. Phytotoxicity ofD. stramonium alkaloids persisted for 20 weeks in Lateritic Podzolic soil under controlled conditions, and for eight months in aD. stramonium-infested Black Earth soil in the field.
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Levitt, J., Lovett, J.V. Activity of allelochemicals ofDatura stramonium L. (Thorn-apple) in contrasting soil types. Plant Soil 79, 181–189 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02182340
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