• Dilipkumar T. Patil

Celosia argentia L. is dominant alien weed reported from crop field of Islampur in Walwa taluka of Sangli district of Maharashtra, India. It has been scrutinized for its allelopathic potentiality of C. argentea against total polyphenol content in germinating seeds of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). The laboratory experiments were conducted to assess total polyphenol content of germinating seeds of wheat after treating seeds with different concentrations (5, 20, 40, 60 and 80%) of aqueous leachates of inflorescence (flower), leaves and root of C. argentea separately. The total polyphenols were analysed after method of Folin and Denis (1915). The result showed that root leachates treatments responsible for slightly enhancement in total polyphenol content in wheat seedlings. However the inflorescence and leaf leachates were also act detrimentally on total polyphenol content in wheat. The present study indicated that the allelochemicals are present in the weed, C. argentea. Therefore it showed stimulatory as well as inhibitory results. This study needs further screening of allelochemicals and their characterization for detailed study.

Allelochemicals, Celosia argentea L., Total polyphenol, wheat etc.

"Allelopathic effects of Celosia argentea L. on total polyphenol content of germinating seeds of Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 8, page no.f428-f432, August-2021, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2108656.pdf

"Allelopathic effects of Celosia argentea L. on total polyphenol content of germinating seeds of Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 8, page no. ppf428-f432, August-2021, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2108656.pdf