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Research progress in alfalfa allelopathy

LI Yuzhan1,2, LIANG Wenju1,2, JIANG Yong1   

  1. 1. Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, China;
    2. Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100039, China
  • Received:2004-01-19 Revised:2004-04-15 Online:2004-10-10

Abstract: Medicago sativa is a perennial legume with high nutrition and multiple ecological functions,cultivated comprehensively all over the world.Generally,M.sativa has a productivity peak at the 2nd~4th plant year,and it is difficult to reestablish M.sativa in the same field after a short interval.M.sativa plant contains water-soluble substances that are toxic to itself (autotoxicity) and to other plants (allelopathy).The research progress in M.sativa allelopathy was reviewed in this paper,including the main allelochemicals of M.sativa,factors influencing M.sativa allelopathy,and the applied research on M.sativa allelopathy.Moreover,the future research directions of M.sativa allelopathy were put forward.

Key words: Rare earth element, Plant, Biological effect, Mechanism

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