Research into Acacia nilotica's Allelopathic Possibility

Allelopathy is a biological phenomena in which one organismcreates one or more biochemicals that inu-ence the germina,tionv growthv s-rdidalv anf reprof-ction o. other organismsT (hesebiochemicals are prof-cef by the organism that is ca-sing the al,lelopathyT Allelochemicals are a type o. biochemical that can hadeeither help.-l "re.erref to as )positide allelopathy)q or festr-ctide"re.erref to as )negatide allelopathy)q eOects on the organisms thatare being targetef anf the comm-nity as a wholeT Allelopathy is aterm that is .re[-ently restrictef to re.erring to chemically mefi,atef competition that occ-rs between plantsT 1n the other hanfvallelopathy can also be fe]nef more generally as chemically mefiatefridalry that occ-rs between any type o. organismT Allelochemicalsare a s-bset o. seconfary metabolitesIRE that are not firectly nec,essary .or the metabolic processes o. the allelopathic organism "iTeTgrowthv fedelopmentv anf reprof-ctionqTSt