Allelopathic effect of leaf leachate of Melia composita Willd on the growth of Mustard

Abstract

The present study was conducted at seed technology laboratory of Forest Research institute, Dehradun for understanding the inhibitory effect of leaf leachetes of Melia composita on growth and germination of Mustard crop under the laboratory conditions. For the study we have prepared the leaf leachate of five different concentrations namely 10%, 20%, 30%, 40%, 50% and 100%. From the data it has been observed that there is not significant effect of different concentration levels of leaf leachates of Melia composita on germination percentage, root length and shoot length of Mustard crop. It can grow as the combination of wheat and Melia composita in agroforestry system.