Allelopathic Effects of Cinclidotus pachylomoides (Bryophyta) on Pepper and Corn Plants

In this study, the allelopathic effect of Cinclidotus pachylomoides Bizot extracts at two different solvents (distilled water and ethanol) and different concentrations (0, 25 and 50 mg.mL⁻¹) on Capsicum annuum L. and Zea mays L. culture plants were investigated. In the pepper and corn plants root-shoot height, wet and dry weights were determined. In addition, the relative water contents, photosynthetic pigment amounts, total phenolic amounts, proline amounts, total protein amounts and antioxidant enzyme (SOD, CAT) activities from secondary fresh leaves were examined. As a result, it has been found that C. pachylomoides has allelopathic effects on pepper and corn plants.