Effect of Leaf Leachate of Prosopis Juliflora (Swartz DC) and Acacia Raddiana (Brenan) on Early Growth of Sorghum Sudanense (Piper Stapf)
Abstract
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Prosopis juliflora (Swartz) DC provokes contradictive
allegations on its ecological significance. To contribute in
elucidating the dispute on its allelopathic behaviour, leachate
was extracted from the leaves of both P. juliflora and Acacia
raddiana (Brenan), the dominant indigenous tree species in
arid region of Sudan to investigate their impact on the early
growth of Sorghum sudanense (Piper) Stapf. Seeds of S.
sudanense were sown in transparent plastic cups (297 cm3)
placed into glass growth chamber in split plot design in three
replications. The main plots were allotted for the two tree
species and the subplots for the leachate concentrations at 0%,
1%, 2%, 3%, 4% and 5% of volume of dry matter to distilled
water. The results revealed insignificant effect of the leachate
of both tree species at any concentration level on the early
growth of S. sudanense. Therefore, it could be concluded that
P. juliflora had no allelopathic suppression on the early growth
of boaceace species basing on the conditions of the experiment.
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