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Effects of Phenolic Acids and Ragweed Parthenium (Parthenium hysterophorus) Extracts on Tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum) Growth and Nutrient and Chlorophyll Content

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

Wondimagegnehu Mersie  and
Megh Singh
Wondimagegnehu Mersie
Affiliation:
Citrus Res. and Educ. Ctr., Univ. Florida, IFAS, 700 Exp. Stn. Rd., Lake Alfred, FL 33850
Megh Singh
Affiliation:
Citrus Res. and Educ. Ctr., Univ. Florida, IFAS, 700 Exp. Stn. Rd., Lake Alfred, FL 33850
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Abstract

The effects of caffeic, vanillic, p-coumaric, chlorogenic, and ferulic acids, ragweed parthenium (Parthenium hysterophorus L. # PTNHY) residue and extracts on the growth, ion uptake, and chlorophyll content of 3-week-old tomatoes (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill. ‘Walter’) grown in the greenhouse were determined Vanillic, p-coumaric, chlorogenic, and ferulic acid at 10−3 M and parthenium extract at 0.5% (w/v) significantly reduced tomato root and shoot dry weight. Ragweed parthenium residue at 0.5% (w/w) and extract at 0.5% (w/v) significantly reduced tomato shoot and root dry weight. Leaf nitrogen content was reduced by phenolic acids (10−3 M) and ragweed parthenium extract (0.5%). Phosphorus content was reduced by all phenolic acids at 10−3 M and ragweed parthenium extract at 0.5% (w/v). In addition, p-coumaric and ferulic acids at 10−4 M reduced phosphorus content. No consistent relationship between chlorophyll content and tomato growth reduction was observed.

Keywords

Allelopathyphenolic acidscaffeicvanillicp-coumaricchlorogenicferulicextractresiduenutrient contentnutrient uptakePTNHY
Type
Physiology, Chemistry, and Biochemistry
Information
Weed Science , Volume 36 , Issue 3 , May 1988 , pp. 278 - 281
Copyright
Copyright © 1988 by the Weed Science Society of America 

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