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Annals of Botany 82: 625-630, 1998
© 1998 Annals of Botany Company

Fate of Dehydromatricaria Ester Added to Soil and its Implications for the Allelopathic Effect ofSolidago altissimaL.

IKUTARO ITO, KATSUICHIRO KOBAYASHI and TADAKATSU YONEYAMA,

Doctoral Program in Agricultural Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-0006, Japan Institute of Applied Biochemistry, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-0006, Japan Plant Nutrition Diagnosis Laboratory, National Agriculture Research Center (NARC), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305–8666, Japan

May 11, 1998 ; June 5, 1998 . June 29, 1998 .

The fate of allelochemicals after their release into the environment and the relationship between the presence of allelochemicals in soil and their phytotoxic activity are not fully understood. This is also true of dehydromatricaria ester (DME), an allelochemical compound produced bySolidago altissimaL. The effects of DME on the growth of rice seedlings in agar and soil cultures were compared. The DME concentration which led to 50% growth inhibition was ten or 20 times greater in soil (100 µg g-1soil) than in agar culture (5 µg ml-1). Most of the DME was adsorbed to soil solids and little DME was present in soil water. Time-course studies of DME concentration in the soil showed that DME in soil water and adsorbed to soil solids decreased and almost disappeared within about 10 d. Microbial activity must have been involved in DME degradation because the breakdown of DME was slowed by autoclaving the soil. It is concluded that plant growth inhibition in soil depends on the DME concentration of soil water. Lower inhibition of rice seedling growth in soil than in agar at the same initial concentrations of DME is due to the low concentration of DME present in soil water because most DME in the soil is either adsorbed to soil solids or degraded by microbes. Although DME was found in soils withS. altissima(maximum concentration 4.5 µg g-1), it was not detected in the soil water in natural fields. Therefore, DME released byS. altissimahas little allelopathic activity in natural stands.Copyright 1998 Annals of Botany Company

Allelopathy, adsorption, dehydromatricaria ester (DME), degradation, plant growth inhibition, natural ecosystem, soil water,Solidago altissimaL.


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