Screening of 239 medicinal plant species for allelopathic activity using the sandwich method

Weed Biology and Management

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 233-241

  Fujii, Yoshiharu ^a   Parvez, Syeda Shahnaz ^a,b   Parvez, Mohammad Masud ^a   Ohmae, Yoshio ^a   Uda, Osamu ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR AGRO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Allelopathy; Leaf litter leacheate; Plant species; Sandwich method

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346936158     PISSN: 14446162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1444-6162.2003.00111.x     Document Type: Article

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