Review on Allelopathy of Exotic Invasive Plants

Wang Chengxu, Mingxing Zhu, Bo Qu

Procedia Engineering · 2011 · 105 citations · 13 references

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The characters of allelopathy, allelochemicals and allelopathy mechanism of exotic invasive plants were presented in this paper, which were toxic, pernicious or having negative impact on the local ecosystem. The invasion routes, transmission modes, reproductive characters and environmental adaptability of exotic invasive plants were reviewed, and then the development and application prospects of allelopathy of exotic invasive plants were analyzed.

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