July 2024

Allelopathy as a tool for invasiveness of Tithonia diversifolia extracts through in vitro suppression of crop seeds’ germination

Wild sunflower (Tithonia diversifolia) is an invasive weed in both tropical and subtropical cultivated lands and propagates through seeds and plant cuttings. Invasive plants have distinctive functional traits that enable their invasiveness. The objective of this study was to determine the in vitro suppression of germination of crop seeds by extracts of T. diversifolia. Two experiments were carried out, one in the...

Author(s): Musabayana Zivanayi, Mandumbu Ronald and Mapope Nyamande