allelochemicn.adj.

1969 Bot. Rev. 35 10 With this in mind Whittaker..has suggested the term ‘allelochemics’ to describe chemicals from one plant which influence another, without specifying the nature of the reaction.

1991 Forestry 64 421 Previously infested feeding sites probably possess allelochemics and volatile terpenes at the plant surface, rendering them unattractive to further feeding.

2005 G. D. Cooke Restoration & Managem. Lakes & Reservoirs ix. 250 Macrophytes in turn stabilize sediments, sequester nutrients, provide a zooplankton refuge, and release allelochemics.

1970 R. H. Whittaker Communities & Ecoystems v. 118 Substances produced by one species that are significant to another species for stimulation of inhibition of growth or antagonistic effect or behavioural influence, and not for food value, may be collectively termed allelochemic materials.

1988 Jrnl. Chem. Ecol. 14 23 The allelochemic activity of the polyphenolics isolated from the leaves of four west African rain-forest plants, Acacia pennata, Cynometra leonensis, Diospyros thomasii, and Trema guineensis, was examined.

2005 Phytochemistry 66 1485/1 Allelochemic natural products have been implicated in the patterning of vegetation and weed growth in agricultural systems.