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Allelopathic behaviour of three medicinal plant species on traditional agriculture crops of Garhwal Himalaya, India

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Allelopathic behaviour of three medicinal herbs viz. Rheum emodi, Saussaurea lappa and Potentilla fulgens, on some traditional food crops was examined. Germination of all the traditional food crops was reduced significantly under aqueous extracts of S. lappa and P. fulgens but radicle and plumule growth of Amaranthus caudatus and Eleusine coracana was reduced significantly under aqueous extracts of all three medicinal species. For marginal farmers sole medicinal plants cultivation is not possible, therefore, medicinal plants based agroforestry is being propagated.

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Author gratefully acknowledges the financial assistance received from Medicinal Plants Board Govt. of India New Delhi.

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  1. A. K. Uniyal

    Present address: Department of Agroforestry, Institute of Agriculture Sciences, Bundelkhand University, Jhansi, U.P., India

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  1. Department of Forestry, H.N.B. Garhwal University, P.O. Box-59, Srinagar (Garhwal), 246 174, Uttaranchal, India

    Tahir Nazir, A. K. Uniyal & N. P. Todaria

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Nazir, T., Uniyal, A.K. & Todaria, N.P. Allelopathic behaviour of three medicinal plant species on traditional agriculture crops of Garhwal Himalaya, India. Agroforest Syst 69, 183–187 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10457-006-9023-8

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