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Allelopathy and Crop Nutrition

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Allelopathy, the natural phenomenon of production and release of secondary metabolites and interaction(s) among organisms, is a subject of diverse significance and applications in plant sciences. Other than their role in plant defense against biotic and abiotic stresses, plant secondary metabolites or allelochemicals play a significant role in plant nutrition. These allelochemicals regulate solubilization, mobilization, release, and chelation of mineral nutrients, upon release into the rhizosphere. Arresting nitrification could be a key strategy to improve nitrogen (N) recovery and agronomic N use efficiency (NUE) in situations where loss of N is significant. Allelopathy can help to improve NUE by suppressing the rate of nitrification. In this chapter, the role of allelopathy in nutrient release and acquisition by crop plants is discussed.

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  1. Ayub Agricultural Research Institute, Faisalabad, 38040, Pakistan

    K. Jabran

  2. Department of Agronomy, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, 38040, Pakistan

    K. Jabran & M. Farooq

  3. The UWA Institute of Agriculture, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA, 6009, Australia

    M. Farooq & K. H. M. Siddique

  4. Institute of Plant Nutrition, Justus-Liebig-University, Heinrich-Buff-Ring 26-32, 35392, Giessen, Germany

    M. Farooq

  5. Institute of Soil and Environmental Sciences, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, 38040, Pakistan

    T. Aziz

  6. School of Plant Biology, University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA, 6009, Australia

    T. Aziz

  7. College of Food and Agricultural Sciences, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2460, Riyadh, 11451, Saudi Arabia

    K. H. M. Siddique

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Jabran, K., Farooq, M., Aziz, T., Siddique, K.H.M. (2013). Allelopathy and Crop Nutrition. In: Cheema, Z., Farooq, M., Wahid, A. (eds) Allelopathy. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-30595-5_14

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