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Phenolic compounds in a Sahelian sorghum (Sorghum bicolor) genotype (CE145-66) and associated soils.
Journal of chemical ecology - 1 Jan 2001
Sène M, Gallet C, Doré T
Abstract excerpt
CE145-66 is an improved early-maturing grain sorghum genotype, increasingly grown by farmers in the Sahelian part of Senegal. This genotype is known to have negative effects on the following groundnut crop, because of the release of allelopathic phenolic compounds into the soil. We have assessed the synthesis of phenolics in sorghum vegetative parts and the variations in synthesis between years and sites. Total...
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