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(American Journal of Botany. 2000;87:853-860.)
© 2000 Botanical Society of America, Inc.

Allelochemical autotoxicity in the emergent wetland macrophyte Juncus effusus (Juncaceae)1

Gary N. Ervin2,0 and Robert G. Wetzel0

0 Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35487-0206 USA

Bioassays for allelochemical toxicity of aboveground Juncus effusus tissues were conducted with seeds and seedlings of Eleocharis obtusa and Scirpus cyperinus, two emergent sedge species (Cyperaceae) found sympatric with J. effusus, and with seeds and seedlings of J. effusus itself to evaluate potential autotoxicity. Bioassays were performed under controlled, axenic conditions with aqueous shoot extract treatments simulating in situ dissolved organic carbon concentrations. With respect to the two sedge species, neither shoot development nor seedling biomass accrual was significantly suppressed by lyophilized whole extracts from J. effusus. Although the extracts induced no significant reduction in growth of E. obtusa or S. cyperinus, biomass-specific chlorophyll a concentration was significantly reduced in E. obtusa seedlings. In contrast, seedlings of J. effusus exhibited significant reductions of biomass and chlorophyll a concentrations, and seedling shoot development was retarded in response to leachate exposure. Results of the present study suggest that J. effusus seedlings possess autotoxic sensitivity to extracts of dead, aboveground tissues of adult plants.

Key Words: allelochemical interactions • allelopathy • autotoxicity • Cyperaceae • Juncaceae • Juncus effusus.






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