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Identification of Volatile Compounds Released by Leaves of the Invasive Plant Croftonweed (Ageratina adenophora, Compositae), and their Inhibition of Rice Seedling Growth

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Fengjuan Zhang ,
Jianying Guo ,
Fengxin Chen ,
Wanxue Liu  and
Fanghao Wan
Fengjuan Zhang*
Affiliation:
State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection (South Campus), Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100081, China
Jianying Guo
Affiliation:
State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection (South Campus), Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100081, China
Fengxin Chen
Affiliation:
College of Life Science, Hebei University, Baoding, Hebei, 071002, China
Wanxue Liu
Affiliation:
State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection (South Campus), Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100081, China
Fanghao Wan*
Affiliation:
State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection (South Campus), Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100081, China
*
Corresponding author's E-mail: wanfh@caas.net.cn
Corresponding author's E-mail: wanfh@caas.net.cn
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Abstract

Several volatile allelochemicals were identified and characterized from fresh leaf tissues of the invasive croftonweed. A simple bioassay was used to demonstrate the release of volatile allelochemicals from leaf tissues. The bioassays revealed that foliar volatile components of croftonweed exhibited significant effects on the seedling growth of upland rice. Peroxidase (POD) activity, superoxide dismutase (SOD) activity, and root oxidizability rose as the concentration of volatiles increased. Activity for both POD and SOD significantly increased with exposure to 15 g and 20 g of croftonweed leaf tissue for 5 d. Root activity was significant at 10 g compared to the control. The volatile components also stimulated the development of the aerenchyma tissue and inhibited lateral root formation. Leaf volatiles of croftonweed were identified by gas chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry (GC–MS). Some of the compounds identified included α-phellandrene, camphene, ρ-cymene, 2-carene, α-pinene, limonene, and (z)-3-hexen-1-ol. Bioassays showed that four of these compounds could account for the observed phytotoxicity imparted by total leaf volatiles. Limonene, 2-carene, α-pinene and camphene had no phytotoxic effect on shoot elongation. Phellandrene did cause inhibition in shoot growth at all concentrations. Both (z)-3-hexene-1-ol and ρ-cymene inhibited both shoot elongation and root elongation, but the effects of the two compounds on root length were more significant than on the shoot length.

Keywords

Croftonweed, Ageratina adenophora (Spreng.) King and H. E. Robinsupland rice, Oryza sativa LVolatile allelochemicalsenzymatic antioxidant activitychlorophyll contentroot oxidizabilityroot structure
Type
Weed Biology and Ecology
Information
Weed Science , Volume 60 , Issue 2 , June 2012 , pp. 205 - 211
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Copyright © Weed Science Society of America 

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Footnotes

Current address: Professor, College of Life Science, Hebei University, Baoding, Hebei, 071002, China.

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