Allelopathy: A Physiological Process with Ecological Implications

634 Pages·2006·6.937 MB·English

by  Chang-Hung Chou (auth.), Manuel J. Reigosa, Nuria Pedrol, Luís González (eds.)

ALLELOPATHY
Allelopathy
A Physiological Process
with Ecological Implications
Edited by
MANUEL J. REIGOSA
University of Vigo, Spain
NURIA PEDROL
SERIDA, Asturias, Spain
and
LUÍS GONZÁLEZ
University of Vigo, Spain
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ISBN-10 1-4020-4279-5 (HB)
ISBN-13 978-1-4020-4279-9 (HB)
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CONTENTS

Preface ix
List of contributors xi

GENERAL
Chapter 1. Introduction to allelopathy.
Chou, C.H. 1
Chapter 2. Basic pathways for the origin of allelopathic compounds.
Seigler, D.S. 11

METHODOLOGICAL ASPECTS
Chapter 3. Clues in the search for new herbicides.
Dayan, F.E. and Duke, S.O. 63
Chapter 4. Distinguishing allelopathy from resource competition: the role
of density.
Weidenhamer, J.D. 85
Chapter 5. Toxicity in allelopathy: in silico approach.
Lo Piparo, E., Fratev, F., Mazzatorta, P., Smiesko, M. and
Benfenati, E. 105

PHYSIOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF ALLELOPATHY
Chapter 6. Allelochemicals and photosynthesis.
Zhou, Y.H. and Yu, J.Q. 127
Chapter 7. Cell cycle analyses for understanding growth inhibition.
Sánchez-Moreiras, A.M., Coba, T. and Reigosa, M.J. 141
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Chapter 8. Detoxification of allelochemicals - The case of bezoxazolin-
2(3H)-one (BOA).
Schulz, M., Knop, M., Kant, S., Sicker, D., Voloshchuk, N. 157
and Gryganski, A.
Chapter 9. Allelopathy and abiotic stress.
Pedrol, M.N., González, L. and Reigosa, M.J. 171
Chapter 10. Allelopathy and biotic stresses.
Gawronska, H. and Golisz, A. 211
Chapter 11. Plant secondary metabolites. Targets and mechanisms of
allelopathy.
Lotina-Hennsen, B., King-Diaz, B., Aguilar, M.I. and 229
Hernandez Terrones, M.G.
Chapter 12. Mitochondria as a site of allelochemical action.
Ishii-Iwamoto, E.L., Abrahim, D., Sert, M.A., Bonato, C.M., 267
Kelmer-Bracht, A.M. and Bracht, A.

ECOPHYSIOLOGY AND ALLELOPATHY
Chapter 13. Weed germination, seedling growth and their lesson for
allelopathy in agriculture.
Aliotta, G., Cafiero, G. and Martínez-Otero, A. 285
Chapter 14. Allelopathy: A soil system perspective.
Blum, U. 299
Chapter 15. Microorganisms and allelopathy: A one-sided approach.
Vokou, D., Chalkos, D. and Karamanoli, K. 341

ECOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF ALLELOPATHY
Chapter 16. Ecological relationships and allelopathy.
Sinkkonen, A. 373

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Chapter 17. Resistance and susceptibility of plant communities to invasion:
revisiting Rabotnov’s ideas about community homeostasis.
Callaway, R.M. and Hierro, J.L. 395

ALLELOPATHY IN DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENTS
Chapter 18. Allelopathy in marine ecosystems.
Granéli, E. and Pavia, H. 415
Chapter 19. Allelopathy in aquatic environments.
Erhard, D. 433
Chapter 20. Forest ecosystems and allelopathy.
Reigosa, M.J. and González, L. 451
Chapter 21. Allelopathic interactions in agroecosystems.
Kohli, R.K., Batish, D.R. and Singh, H.P. 465

APPLIED ASPECTS OF ALLELOPATHY
Chapter 22. Playing with chemistry: studies on Orobanche spp. germination
stimulants.
Macías, F.A., García-Díaz, M.D., Jorrín, J. and Galindo, 495
J.C.G
Chapter 23. Modes of action of phytotoxins from plants.
Duke, S.O. and Dayan, F.E. 511
Chapter 24. Allelopathy in ecological sustainable agriculture.
Narwal, S.S. 537
Chapter 25. Parasitic weeds and allelopathy: from the hypothesis to the
proof.
Qasem, J.R. 565

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PREFACE

There are many good books in the market dealing with the subject of allelopathy.
When we designed the outline of this new book, we thought that it should include as
many different points of view as possible, although in an integrated general scheme.
Allelopathy can be viewed from different of perspectives, ranging from the molecular
to the ecosystem level, and including molecular biology, plant biochemistry, plant
physiology, plant ecophysiology and ecology, with information coming also from the
organic chemistry, soil sciences, microbiology and many other scientific disciplines.
This book was designed to include a complete perspective of allelopathic process.
The book is divided into seven major sections. The first chapter explores the
international development of allelopathy as a science and next section deals with
methodological aspects and it explores potential limitations of actual research. Third
section is devoted to physiological aspects of allelopathy. Different specialists wrote
about photosynthesis, cell cycle, detoxification processes, abiotic and biotic stress,
plant secondary metabolites and respiration related to allelopathy. Chapters 13 through
16 are collectively devoted to various aspects of plant ecophysiology on a variety of
levels: microorganisms, soil system and weed germination. Fundamental ecology
approaches using both experimental observations and theoretical analysis of
allelopathy are described in chapters 16 and 17. Those chapters deal with the possible
evolutionary forces that have shaped particular strategies. In the section named
“allelopathy in different environments”, authors primarily center on marine, aquatic,
forest and agro ecosystems. Last section includes chapters addressing application of
the knowledge of allelopathy.
Despite this diversity of topics, the text is plenty of points of contact and it covers
a broad spectrum of allelopathy, from molecular to ecological processes including, of
course, a physiological point of view. We have tried to include all the key features of
allelopathy that are critical to successful allelopathy research and application.
We wish to sincerely thank the contributors of this book for their hard work and
their cooperation in achieving our goal and making this volume reality. We also want
to give our most sincere thanks to the people in the old Editorial Board who promoted
the book.
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LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS

Author Address Chapter

Abrahim, D. Department of Biochemistry, University of Maringá, Pr, 12
Brazil.
Aguilar, M.I. Departamento de Farmacia, Facultad de Quimica. 11
Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico. Ciudad
Universitaria Circuito de la Investigacion. CP 04510.
Mexico D.F., Mexico.
Aliotta, A. Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Seconda Università 13
degli Studi di Napoli, Caserta, Italy.
Batish, D.R. Centre for Environment, Department of Botany, Punjab 21
University, Chandigarh 160014, India.
Benfenati, E. Institute for Pharmaceutical Research “Mario Negri”, via 5
Eritrea 62, 20157, Milan, Italy.

Blum, U. Emeritus Professor of Botany, Department of Botany, 14
North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina

27695-7612.
Bonato, C.M. Department of Biology, University of Maringá, Pr, Brazil. 12
Bracht, A. Department of Biochemistry, University of Maringá, Pr, 12
Brazil.
Cafiero, G. Centro Interdipartimentale di Servizio per la Microscopia 13
Elettronica, Napoli, Italy.
Callaway, R.M. Division of Biological Sciences, The University of 17
Montana, Missoula, Montana, 59812, USA.
Chalkos, D. Department of Ecology, School of Biology, Aristotle 15
University, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Chou, C-H. Office of President, National Pingtung University of 1
Science and Technology, Neipu, Pingtung 912, Taiwan.
Coba, T. Dpto Fisiología y Bioquímica Vegetal. Centro de Ciencias 7
Medioambientales. CSIC. Madrid. Spain.

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Dayan, F.E. Natural Products Utilization Research Unit, United States 3 and 23
Dept. of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, P.O.
Box 8048, University, MS 38677, USA.
Duke, S.O. Natural Products Utilization Research Unit, United States 3 and 23
Dept. of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, P.O.
Box 8048, University, MS 38677, USA.
Erhard, D. Limnological Institute, University of Konstanz, P.O. Box 19
M659, 78457 Konstanz, Germany.
Fratev, F. Institute for Pharmaceutical Research “Mario Negri”, via 5
Eritrea 62, 20157, Milan, Italy.
Galindo, J.C.G. Grupo de Alelopatía, Departamento de Química Orgánica, 22
Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Cádiz. Avda.
República Saharaui s/n, Apdo. 40, 11510 – Puerto Real,
Cádiz, Spain.
García-Díaz, M.D. Grupo de Alelopatía, Departamento de Química Orgánica, 22
Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Cádiz. Avda.
República Saharaui s/n, Apdo. 40, 11510 – Puerto Real,
Cádiz, Spain.
Gawronska, H. Department of Pomology and Basic Natural Sciences in 10
Horticulture, Faculty of Horticulture and Landscape
Architecture, Warsaw Agricultural University,
Nowoursynowska 166, 02-787 Warsaw, Poland.
Golisz, A. Department of Pomology and Basic Natural Sciences in 10
Horticulture, Faculty of Horticulture and Landscape
Architecture, Warsaw Agricultural University,
Nowoursynowska 166, 02-787 Warsaw, Poland.
González, L. Universidade de Vigo. Edificio de Ciencias Experimentais. 9 and 20
As Lagoas-Marcosende, Vigo. E-36310. Spain.
Granéli, E. Department of Marine Sciences, University of Kalmar, 18
SE-391 82 Kalmar, Sweden.
Gryganski, A. National University of Agriculture, Department of 8
Phytopathology, Geroiv Oborony Str. 13, Kiew, Ukraine.
Hernandez Terrones, Instituto de Química, Universidade Federal de Uberlandia, 11
M.G. Uberlandia-MG, Brasil.
Hierro, J.L. Division of Biological Sciences, The University of 17
Montana, Missoula, Montana, 59812, USA.
Ishii-Iwamoto, E.L. Department of Biochemistry, University of Maringá, Pr, 12
Brazil.
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Jorrín, J. Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular, 22
ETSIAM. Universidad de Córdoba, Apdo. 3048 –
1414080 Córdoba, Spain.
Kant, S. Institut für Landwirtschaftliche Botanik, Universität Bonn, 8
Karlrobert Kreiten Str. 13, 53115 Bonn, Germany.
Karamanoli, K. Laboratory of Agricultural Chemistry, School of 15
Agriculture, Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Kelmer-Bracht, A.M. Departament of Biochemistry, University of Maringá, Pr, 12
Brazil.
King-Diaz, B.; Departmento de Bioquimica, Facultad de Quimica. 11
Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico. Ciudad
Universitaria Circuito de la Investigacion. CP 04510.
Mexico D.F., Mexico.
Knop, M. Institut für Landwirtschaftliche Botanik, Universität Bonn, 8
Karlrobert Kreiten Str. 13, 53115 Bonn, Germany
Kohli, R.K. Centre for Environment, Department of Botany, Punjab 21
University, Chandigarh 160014, India.
Lo Piparo, E. Institute for Pharmaceutical Research “Mario Negri”, via 5
Eritrea 62, 20157, Milan, Italy.
Lotina-Hennsen, B. Departamento de Bioquimica, Facultad de Quimica. 11
Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico. Ciudad
Universitaria Circuito de la Investigacion. CP 04510.
Mexico D.F., Mexico.
Macías, F.A. Grupo de Alelopatía, Departamento de Química Orgánica, 22
Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Cádiz. Avda.
República Saharaui s/n, Apdo. 40, 11510 – Puerto Real,
Cádiz, Spain.
Martínez-Otero, A. Dpto Biologia Vexetal e Ciencia do Solo, Universidade de 13
Vigo, Spain.
Mazzatorta, P. Institute for Pharmaceutical Research “Mario Negri”, via 5
Eritrea 62, 20157, Milan, Italy.
Narwal, S.S. Department of Agronomy CCS Haryana Agricultural 24
University Hisar-125 004, INDIA.
Pavia, H. Department of Marine Ecology, Tjärnö Marine Biological 18
Laboratory, Göteborg University, SE-452 96 Strömstad.
Sweden.

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