Evidence of Allelopathy among Selected Moss Species with Lettuce and Radish

Nikolina A. Matić, Marija V. Ćosić, Djordje P. Božović, Silvia Poponessi, Sara D. Pavkov, Michal Goga, Milorad M. Vujičić, Aneta D. Sabovljević and Marko S. Sabovljević ()
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Nikolina A. Matić: Institute of Botany and Botanical Garden, Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade, Takovska 43, RS-11000 Belgrade, Serbia
Marija V. Ćosić: Institute of Botany and Botanical Garden, Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade, Takovska 43, RS-11000 Belgrade, Serbia
Djordje P. Božović: Institute of Botany and Botanical Garden, Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade, Takovska 43, RS-11000 Belgrade, Serbia
Silvia Poponessi: Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, Botany Section, University of Cagliari, Viale S. Ignazio, IT-09123 Cagliari, Italy
Sara D. Pavkov: Department of Biology and Ecology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Novi Sad, Trg Dositeja Obradovića 3, RS-21000 Novi Sad, Serbia
Michal Goga: Department of Botany, Institute of Biology and Ecology, Faculty of Science, Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice, Mánesova 23, SK-040 01 Košice, Slovakia
Milorad M. Vujičić: Institute of Botany and Botanical Garden, Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade, Takovska 43, RS-11000 Belgrade, Serbia
Aneta D. Sabovljević: Institute of Botany and Botanical Garden, Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade, Takovska 43, RS-11000 Belgrade, Serbia
Marko S. Sabovljević: Institute of Botany and Botanical Garden, Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade, Takovska 43, RS-11000 Belgrade, Serbia

Agriculture, 2024, vol. 14, issue 6, 1-19

Abstract: There is limited evidence on bryophyte-tracheophyte allelopathic interactions. Even less is known about such relationships among commercially important plants and mosses. With the aim of screening such interactions, various extract concentrations of nine different mosses were tested on the seed germination and seedlings, i.e., hypocotyl elongation and total chlorophyll content of lettuce and radish. The allelopathic effects are documented to be pairwise (moss-vegetable) and species-specific. Based on the results, the extracts of Leucodon sciuroides and Dicranum polysetum are not harmful to lettuce and radish. Lower extract concentrations of Leucodon sciuroides and Ctenidium molluscum have a positive effect on lettuce development, while those of Thuidium delicatulum , Ctenidium molluscum , and Dicranum polysetum showed to be effective on radish. Further, negative effects were noticed when applying higher extract concentration of Abietinella abietina , Isothecium alopecuroides , Dicranum polysetum, and Racomitrium elongatum to lettuce and Isothecium alopecuroides to radish. The dataset presented in this study offers numerous possibilities for further target pest/vegetable type applications since some of the moss extracts are shown to be positive, negative, or indifferent to the tested features in lettuce and radish.

Keywords: bryophytes; plant interactions; development; extracts (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q1 Q10 Q11 Q12 Q13 Q14 Q15 Q16 Q17 Q18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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