Despite often being conceptualized as a thin layer of soil around roots, the rhizosphere is
actually a dynamic system of interacting processes. Hiltner originally defined the …

Weeds are known to cause enormous losses due to their interference in agroecosystems.
Because of environmental and human health concerns, worldwide efforts are being made to …

Allelopathy studies the interactions among plants, fungi, algae and bacteria with the
organisms living in a certain ecosystem, interactions that are mediated by the secondary …

Since varietal differences in allelopathy of crops against weeds were discovered in the
1970s, much research has documented the potential that allelopathic crops offer for …

Over the past decades, a growing interest in allelopathy has been recorded due to the
effective use of allelochemicals as growth regulators, bioherbicides, insecticides, and …

Interest in breeding grain crops with improved weed suppressive ability is growing in
response to the evolution and rapid expansion of herbicide resistant populations in major …

Rice fields are ecosystems with many types of plants, microbes, invertebrates, birds and
animals. The rice farming protects the biodiversity of the region and maintains the ecosystem …

The importance of reduced tillage in sustainable agriculture is well recognized. Reduced-
tillage practices (which may or may not involve retention of crop residues) and their effects …

A mini core collection of Japanese rice landrace was developed based on a genome-wide
SSR polymorphism survey of 236 accessions. The accessions used in the initial survey were …

Despite the importance of plant–plant interactions on crop yield and plant community
dynamics, our understanding of the genetic and molecular bases underlying natural …