Alleopathic potential of plants of Satureja genus

This work dealt with the study of the allelopathic potential of the winter savory (Satureja montana L.). The use of seeds, flowers, essential oil and aqueous extracts from shoots was used to determine the effect on germination, root and shoot length and dry weight of 8 selected plant species (white mustard - Sinapis alba L., lettuce - Lactuca sativa L., creeping clover - Trifolium repens L., ryegrass - Lolium multiflorum and 4 herbs of the family Lamiaceae: summer savory - Satureja hortensis L., thyme - Thymus vulgaris L., lemon balm - Melissa officinalis L. and sage - Salvia officinalis L.). At the same time, the inhibitions effects of savory plants on the occurrence of weeds in field conditions was monitored. From the point of view of the use of winter savory as a bioherbicide, the use of essential oil seems to be the most effective, followed by winter savory flowers and then aqueous extracts from savory shoots before flowering. The influence of the winter savory plants themselves before the involvement of the stand on the growth of weeds in field conditions was not proved