title: Control of wild oat (Avena fatua) using some phenolic compounds I - Germination and some growth parameters.
abstract: The percentage of germination of wild oat was significantly inhibited by increasing the concentrations of phenolic compounds. Ferulic acid was the most effective compound which completely inhibited germination at a concentration of 3.0 mM. At the same time, wheat and barley were slightly affected with different concentrations of the four phenolic compounds. The percentage of germination of wheat significantly decreased with increasing of ferulic acid reaching a maximum inhibition at 3.0 mM concentration. On the other hand, the germination of wheat was not affected with the other three phenolic compounds. The percentage of germination of barley was not affected with all phenolic compounds except for hydroxy phenolic acetic acid which has significant effect at a concentration of 3.0 mM. Salicylic acid significantly inhibited the growth parameters gradually in wild oat, wheat and barley. The shoot/root ratio was decreased in wild oat and barley, while the ratio increased in wheat. The growth parameters were completely inhibited at 3.0 mM of ferulic acid for both wild oat and wheat but slightly inhibited for barley. The shoot/root ratio was increased in all concentrations of ferulic acid except at 3.0 mM which was completely inhibited for both wild oat and wheat, while the ratio was increased in all treatments of ferulic acid in the case of barley. The growth parameters were highly significant and decreased in wild oat, wheat and barley with increasing the concentrations of hydroxybenzoic acid and hydroxyphenyl acetic acid. The shoot/root ratio was not changed in all concentrations except at 3.0 mM in the case of wild oat, the ratio was decreased at 2.0 and 3.0 mM in the case of wheat, while the ratio increased in most of hydroxybenzoic acid concentrations in the case of barley. The shoot/root ratio was increased with increasing of the hydroxyphenyl acetic acid concentrations.
authors: Biology Department, Faculty of Science, King AbdulAziz University, P.O. Box 15758, Jeddah 21454, Saudi Arabia.
authors: Omar A
authors: OA
authors: Almaghrabi
keywords: Avena fatua; Hordium vulgare; Phenolic compounds; Triticum aestivum
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