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RESEARCH ARTICLE

Inhibitory action of allelochemicals from Artemisia nanschanica to control Pedicularis kansuensis, an annual weed of alpine grasslands

Zhanhuan Shang A D , Yuan Hou A , Fei Li A , Cancan Guo A , Tianhua Jia A , A. Allan Degen B , Andrew White C , Luming Ding A and Ruijun Long A
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A School of Life Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Grassland Agro-ecosystems, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, Gansu province, China.

B Desert Animal Adaptations and Husbandry, Wyler Department of Dryland Agriculture, Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research, Ben-Gurion University of Negev, Beer Sheva 8410500, Israel.

C The School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005 Australia.

D Corresponding author. Email: shangzhh@lzu.edu.cn

Australian Journal of Botany 65(4) 305-314 https://doi.org/10.1071/BT17014
Submitted: 13 January 2017  Accepted: 21 April 2017   Published: 6 June 2017

Abstract

The inhibitory action of allelochemicals can be used effectively for biological weed management and can minimise environmental impacts related to herbicides. The aim of the present study was to identify allelochemicals of Artemisia nanschanica Krasch, a typical weed with strong allelopathic effects, that could potentially control Pedicularis kansuensis Maxim, the key pioneer weed that causes rapid degradation of alpine pastures. Gas chromatography and mass spectrometry were used to identify the compounds of six extracts from A. nanschanica. Two ethyl acetate extracts were the most effective in reducing the seed germination rate and in inhibiting seedling shoot and root growth of P. kansuensis. Three chemical compounds from the ethyl acetate extracts were identified for their allelopathic inhibitory effects, a sesquiterpene and two aromadendrene oxides, with the sesquiterpene being the most effective. The three compounds showed the best inhibitory effect through synergistic action. We concluded that the three allelochemicals of A. nanschanica, either alone or in combination, can be used to biologically control P. kansuensis in alpine pastures on the Tibetan plateau.

Additional keywords: alpine pasture, aromadendrene oxide, environmental impact, herbicide, sesquiterpene.


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