Project Director

Edwards, Maurice E.

Department

Dept. of Biological and Environmental Sciences

Publisher

University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

Place of Publication

Chattanooga (Tenn.)

Abstract

Phytolacca americana L., or common pokeweed, is a tall, branching, perennial herb whose uses range from the preparation of certain medicines to being cultivated as a vegetable. At the same time, however, pokeweed is also a highly poisonous plant and certain precautions must be taken in utilizing this weed. The following paper opens with a description of P. americana including its habitat, range, structure, uses, and toxicity. The second part of this paper will investigate the topic of allelopathy - its history and its future. The final section of this paper involves a series of laboratory experiments conducted to examine the effects of pokeweed juice and seeds on the germination of pokeweed seeds and the seeds of a number of different species.

Degree

B. S.; An honors thesis submitted to the faculty of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the degree of Bachelor of Science.

Date

7-1988

Subject

Allelopathy; Pokeweed--Seeds--Production (Biology); Germination

Discipline

Plant Biology

Document Type

Theses

Extent

ii, 76 leaves

DCMI Type

Text

Language

English

Call Number

LB2369.5 .R35 1988

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