Definition & Meaning | English word ALLELOPATHY

Definitions of ALLELOPATHY

1. The release by a plant of a toxin to suppress growth of nearby competing plants.

Examples of Using ALLELOPATHY in a Sentence

• Florida rosemary plants release a chemical called ceratiolin into the soil, which breaks down into hydrocinnamic acid, which in turn inhibits the growth of other plants, and of rosemary seeds (a process called allelopathy).
• Like allelopathy, it is a type of interference competition but it is technically different: autotoxicity contributes to intraspecific competition, whereas allelopathic effects refer to interspecific competition.
• The aromatic oils and soluble monoterpenes of such herbs leached into garrigue soils from leaf litter have been connected with plant allelopathy, which asserts the dominance of a plant over its neighbors, especially annuals, and contributes to the characteristic open spacing and restricted flora in a garrigue.
• This is an example of allelopathy, which is the release of chemicals from plant parts by leaching, root exudation, volatilization, residue decomposition and other processes.
• The bioassay results also found that the full-strength leachate of burclover exhibited allelopathy effects on wheat, while growth inhibition of burclover seedlings in the field showed that burclover may have autotoxicity that could reduce productivity.

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