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ALLELOPATHY [1 record]

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Record 1 2012-10-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Environment
  • Biological Sciences
DEF

The release into the environment by an organism of a chemical substance that acts as a germination or growth inhibitor to another organism.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Environnement
  • Sciences biologiques
DEF

Capacité qu'ont certaines plantes de ralentir la croissance de plantes voisines d'espèces différentes, voire de les tuer si elles se développent trop près d'elles, en synthétisant et en diffusant certaines substances dans leur environnement.

OBS

Les substances synthétisées sont des molécules des familles des terpènes et des phénols.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Medio ambiente
  • Ciencias biológicas
DEF

Secreción de sustancias químicas, tales como compuestos fenólicos y terpénicos, generadas en la raíz de una planta y que inhiben el crecimiento o la reproducción de plantas competidoras.

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