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Phenomenon of allelopathy

Allelopathy is the influence exerted by the living organisms

upon each other.

• Symbiosis              • Antibiosis

• Symbiotic association  • Antibiotic production.
  of Fenugreek with      • Encelia spp. secrete 3-
  nitrogen-fixing
  bacterium.               acetyl-6-methoxy
                           benzaldehyde.
• Beneficial influence   • Detrimental influence

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