A large number of plant and weed species produce secondary metabolites known as allelochemicals, and the process is known as allelopathy. Allelochemicals can be used to control weeds in agricultural systems by using allelopathic crops for intercropping, crop rotation, or mulching. A few important examples of crop species with high allelopathic potential may include (but not limited to) wheat, rice, sorghum, rye, barley, and sunflower. The naturally produced allelochemicals in these crops could be manipulated to suppress weeds and witness an environment-friendly and sustainable agricultural production system.
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Farooq, N., Abbas, T., Tanveer, A., & Jabran, K. (2020). Allelopathy for Weed Management. In Reference Series in Phytochemistry (pp. 505–519). Springer Science and Business Media B.V. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-96397-6_16
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