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华 南 农 业 大 学 农 学 院 第 三 届 综 述 大 赛 获 奖 作 品 论 文 集一 等 奖 作 品 :一 等 奖 作 品<strong>The</strong> <strong>effects</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>activated</strong> <strong>carbon</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>plants</strong> <strong>diversity</strong> on plantautotoxicityLiang XiaotingInstitute <strong>of</strong> Tropical <strong>and</strong> Subtropical Ecology, South China Agricultural University, Wushan,Guangzhou 510642, P.R. ChinaAbstract: Autotoxicity is a common phenomenon, <strong>and</strong> many <strong>plants</strong> have been reported asautotoxic species. A mixed plant st<strong>and</strong> diversifies allelochemical release into the soil, whichmay reduce allelopathic potential <strong>and</strong> autotoxicity <strong>of</strong> a specific species in turn. Activated<strong>carbon</strong> (AC), as a technique for neutralizing allelopathic compounds in the soil, is widely used.Underst<strong>and</strong>ing the <strong>effects</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>activated</strong> <strong>carbon</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>plants</strong> <strong>diversity</strong> on <strong>plants</strong> autotoxicity, iscritical to provide a greater generality to the overall effect <strong>of</strong> maintaing or enhancingbio<strong>diversity</strong>. This article reviews the researches done on the plant autotoxicity <strong>and</strong> itsalleviation <strong>of</strong> by <strong>activated</strong> <strong>carbon</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>plants</strong> <strong>diversity</strong>Keywords: Autotoxicity Allelopathic Plant <strong>diversity</strong> Activated <strong>carbon</strong>1. IntroductionAllelopathy refers to direct or indirect, beneficial or detrimental <strong>effects</strong> <strong>of</strong> one plant onothers through the release <strong>of</strong> chemicals into the nearby environment (Rice 1984). Allelopathymay occur between different plant species or between <strong>plants</strong> <strong>of</strong> the same species. Autotoxicityis defined as a process where a plant or its decomposing residues release toxic chemicalsubstances into the environment to inhibit germination <strong>and</strong> growth <strong>of</strong> the same plant species(Miller 1996; Putnam 1985) , <strong>and</strong> may reduce <strong>plants</strong> population <strong>and</strong> productivity. It exists bothin natural <strong>and</strong> agricultural ecosystems <strong>and</strong> is important mechanism to disperse the individuals<strong>of</strong> a population, avoiding intraspecific competition, regulate the species population over space<strong>and</strong> time <strong>and</strong> maintains the seed dormancy for long time in agriculture <strong>and</strong> foestry (Liu et al,2007).Allelopathic compounds have been shown to play important roles in the determination <strong>of</strong>plant <strong>diversity</strong>, dominance, succession, <strong>and</strong> climax <strong>of</strong> natural vegetation <strong>and</strong> in the plantproductivity <strong>of</strong> agroecosystems (Chou, 1999). Both allelopathy <strong>and</strong> autointoxication play animportant mechanism in regulating plant bio<strong>diversity</strong> <strong>and</strong> plant productivity. As a technique forneutralizing allelopathic compounds in the soil, <strong>activated</strong> <strong>carbon</strong> (AC) is widely used. Hence,1

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