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Kandi M, Ebrahimi A, Diyanat M, Saeidian H. (2023). Evaluating the application of yarrow (Achillea wilhelmsii) essential oil nanoemulsion on germination indices of purslane (Portulaca oleracea) and rye (Secale cereale). Iranian J. Seed Res.. 10(1), : 10 doi:10.61186/yujs.10.1.159
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Department of Agricultural Sciences and Food Industries, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran , m.diayant@srbiau.ac.ir
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Introduction: Weeds are one of the most important problems in agriculture and cause a lot of damage to crops. Overconsumption of herbicides in recent decades has led to harmful impacts on the environment and living organisms, including humans. In order to deal with these problems today, efforts are being made to reduce reliance on artificial herbicides and change direction towards sustainable agriculture as a part of integrated weed management. Among natural compounds, essential oils, which are components of aromatic and medicinal plants, were investigated to discover new herbicides.
Material and Methods: In order to investigate the effects of yarrow essential oil (Achillea wilhelmsii C. Koch) on the germination and growth of purslane (Portulaca oleracea L.) and rye (Secale cereale L.) seedlings, two factorial experiments were conducted in the form of a completely randomized design in three replicates at Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Branch. The first factor was the type of essential oil in two levels (normal and nanoemulsion) and the second factor was the concentration of essential oil in six levels (0, 100, 200, 400, 800, and 1000 µl L-1).
Results and Discussion: Scanning electron microscopy images showed the particles were relatively sperhical and their size varied from 1 to 100 nm. The zeta potential of the nanoparticles was -13.8 mV, indicating particle stability. Both type of essential oils reduced germination percentage, germination rate, plumule length, radicel length and seedling dry weight of both weeds and germination percentage decreased significantly with increasing concentration. At a concentration of 200 µl L-1, purslane treated with essential oil germinated 55.25%, but at the same concentration, the germination percentage of seeds treated with nanoemulsion of essential oil was 30.50%. Nanoemulsion of essential oil at concentration of 800 µl L-1 was able to completely prevent the germination and growth of purslane seedlings. Nanoemulsion of essential oil at a concentration of 1000 µl L-1 completely prevented rye seed germination. Germination rate decreased under treatment of yarrow essential oil and there was no difference between two types of essential oils at concentration of 200 µl L-1, but at a concentration of 800 µl, the germination rate of rye seeds treated with nanoemulsion of essential oil and ordinary essential oil reached to 1.40 and 0.32, respectively which was a significant difference.
Conclusions: The inhibition percentage of the studied traits in both weed species showed that the essential oil nanoemulsion was more effective than the normal essential oil. Yarrow essential oil was more effective on purslane weed compared to rye. Essential oils do not have similar effects on weeds and their inhibitory effects will be different depending on the concentration and species of weeds, and the selectivity of these compounds should be investigated. The production of nano essential oil of yarrow as a natural herbicide is a solution. It offers to control weeds in organic farming systems.

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1- Nanoemulsion particles were produced from Yarrow essential oil
 2- Nanoemulsion particles had more inhibitory effects on the investigated weeds than the normal essential oil.
Article number: 10
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Type of Study: Research | Subject: Seed Ecology
Received: 2022/10/10 | Revised: 2024/02/21 | Accepted: 2023/04/29 | ePublished: 2023/11/26

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