Paper · 2026 · Allelopathy Journal

Allelopathic effects of aqueous extracts of Cyperus papyrus L on bacteria in root nodules of Pisum sativum L.

Wasan S. Hussain; Noor Al Huda A.M. Taher; Amjad A. Mohammed

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Abstract

We determined the allelopathic effect of papyrus (Cyperus papyrus L) extracts (0,5,10 %) on growth and root nodules and their bacteria of two pea (Pisum sativum L) cultivars (Iraqi and Turkish, Local varieties). The extracts reduced the Plant height, root length, dry weight of shoot and root by 23.5 %, 42.30 %, 45.65 % and 50 %, respectively, in Iraqi variety. The aqueous extract of papyrus at the highest concentration of 10 % decreased the root nodules numbers in both varieties, the highest decrease (88.88 %) was in Iraqi variety. Morphological, biochemical and molecular analyses were performed on two bacterial strains isolated from the root nodules of the control sample and from the aqueous extract of papyrus leaves at 5 % concentration for the Iraqi variety, while no isolates were recorded at 10 % concentration. Sequence analysis using DNA BLAST showed 97 % similarity with bacterial isolates from the genus Siccibacter (strain Siccibacter colletis N16, accession number MN555377.1) and 99 % similarity with isolates from the genus Staphylococcus (strain Staphylococcus warneri Dk131, registered with NCBI). All isolates with 16S rRNA sequences were registered as new strains in Mosul in Gene Bank (NCBI) and the phylogenetic tree of these isolates was constructed using MEGA 6.

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Claims 9

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Papyrus extracts reduced Iraqi pea plant height by 23.5 %.

Taxon
Pisum sativum LLathyrus oleraceuse1
Material
Iraqi varietye0
Treatment
extractse0
Interactor
Cyperus papyrus LCyperus papyruse1other
Outcome
Plant heighte0
Direction
reducede0
Value
23.5 %e0

Not reportedComparator

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Lathyrus oleraceus
Lathyrus oleraceus · TaxonRenee Comet (photographer) AV Number: AV-9400-4164 · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons ↗
Cyperus papyrus
Cyperus papyrus · InteractorBernard DUPONT from FRANCE · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“The extracts reduced the Plant height, root length, dry weight of shoot and root by 23.5 %, 42.30 %, 45.65 % and 50 %, respectively, in Iraqi variety”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 212–361 · show in text ↑
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“papyrus (Cyperus papyrus L) extracts (0,5,10 %) on growth and root nodules and their bacteria of two pea (Pisum sativum L) cultivars”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 41–173 · show in text ↑
Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Papyrus extracts reduced Iraqi pea root length by 42.30 %.

Taxon
Pisum sativum LLathyrus oleraceuse1
Material
Iraqi varietye0
Treatment
extractse0
Interactor
Cyperus papyrus LCyperus papyruse1other
Outcome
root lengthe0
Direction
reducede0
Value
42.30 %e0

Not reportedComparator

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Lathyrus oleraceus
Lathyrus oleraceus · TaxonRenee Comet (photographer) AV Number: AV-9400-4164 · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons ↗
Cyperus papyrus
Cyperus papyrus · InteractorBernard DUPONT from FRANCE · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“The extracts reduced the Plant height, root length, dry weight of shoot and root by 23.5 %, 42.30 %, 45.65 % and 50 %, respectively, in Iraqi variety”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 212–361 · show in text ↑
e1

“papyrus (Cyperus papyrus L) extracts (0,5,10 %) on growth and root nodules and their bacteria of two pea (Pisum sativum L) cultivars”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 41–173 · show in text ↑
Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Papyrus extracts reduced Iraqi pea shoot dry weight by 45.65 %.

Taxon
Pisum sativum LLathyrus oleraceuse1
Material
Iraqi varietye0
Treatment
extractse0
Interactor
Cyperus papyrus LCyperus papyruse1other
Outcome
dry weight of shoote0
Direction
reducede0
Value
45.65 %e0

Not reportedComparator

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Lathyrus oleraceus
Lathyrus oleraceus · TaxonRenee Comet (photographer) AV Number: AV-9400-4164 · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons ↗
Cyperus papyrus
Cyperus papyrus · InteractorBernard DUPONT from FRANCE · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“The extracts reduced the Plant height, root length, dry weight of shoot and root by 23.5 %, 42.30 %, 45.65 % and 50 %, respectively, in Iraqi variety”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 212–361 · show in text ↑
e1

“papyrus (Cyperus papyrus L) extracts (0,5,10 %) on growth and root nodules and their bacteria of two pea (Pisum sativum L) cultivars”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 41–173 · show in text ↑
Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Papyrus extracts reduced Iraqi pea root dry weight by 50 %.

Taxon
Pisum sativum LLathyrus oleraceuse1
Material
Iraqi varietye0
Treatment
extractse0
Interactor
Cyperus papyrus LCyperus papyruse1other
Outcome
dry weight of shoot and roote0
Direction
reducede0
Value
50 %e0

Not reportedComparator

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Lathyrus oleraceus
Lathyrus oleraceus · TaxonRenee Comet (photographer) AV Number: AV-9400-4164 · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons ↗
Cyperus papyrus
Cyperus papyrus · InteractorBernard DUPONT from FRANCE · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

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“The extracts reduced the Plant height, root length, dry weight of shoot and root by 23.5 %, 42.30 %, 45.65 % and 50 %, respectively, in Iraqi variety”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 212–361 · show in text ↑
e1

“papyrus (Cyperus papyrus L) extracts (0,5,10 %) on growth and root nodules and their bacteria of two pea (Pisum sativum L) cultivars”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 41–173 · show in text ↑
Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

The 10 % papyrus extract decreased nodule number in both pea varieties, most in Iraqi pea at 88.88 %.

Taxon
Pisum sativum LLathyrus oleraceuse1
Material
Iraqi varietye0
Treatment
aqueous extract of papyrus at the highest concentration of 10 %e0
Interactor
Cyperus papyrus LCyperus papyruse1other
Outcome
root nodules numberse0
Direction
decreasede0
Value
88.88 %e0

Not reportedComparator

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Lathyrus oleraceus
Lathyrus oleraceus · TaxonRenee Comet (photographer) AV Number: AV-9400-4164 · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons ↗
Cyperus papyrus
Cyperus papyrus · InteractorBernard DUPONT from FRANCE · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

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“The aqueous extract of papyrus at the highest concentration of 10 % decreased the root nodules numbers in both varieties, the highest decrease (88.88 %) was in Iraqi variety”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 363–536 · show in text ↑
e1

“papyrus (Cyperus papyrus L) extracts (0,5,10 %) on growth and root nodules and their bacteria of two pea (Pisum sativum L) cultivars”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 41–173 · show in text ↑
Observationobservedoriginal resultmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

No bacterial isolates were recorded at 10 % papyrus extract.

Taxon
Pisum sativum LLathyrus oleraceuse1
Treatment
10 % concentratione0
Interactor
Cyperus papyrus LCyperus papyruse1other
Outcome
no isolates were recordede0

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Lathyrus oleraceus
Lathyrus oleraceus · TaxonRenee Comet (photographer) AV Number: AV-9400-4164 · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons ↗
Cyperus papyrus
Cyperus papyrus · InteractorBernard DUPONT from FRANCE · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

e0

“no isolates were recorded at 10 % concentration”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 778–825 · show in text ↑
e1

“papyrus (Cyperus papyrus L) extracts (0,5,10 %) on growth and root nodules and their bacteria of two pea (Pisum sativum L) cultivars”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 41–173 · show in text ↑
Observationobservedoriginal resultmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

One nodule isolate showed 97 % sequence similarity to Siccibacter colletis N16.

Taxon
Pisum sativum LLathyrus oleraceuse1
Interactor
SiccibacterSiccibactere0symbiont
Outcome
similarity with bacterial isolates from the genus Siccibactere0
Value
97 %e0

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Lathyrus oleraceus
Lathyrus oleraceus · TaxonRenee Comet (photographer) AV Number: AV-9400-4164 · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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e0

“97 % similarity with bacterial isolates from the genus Siccibacter (strain Siccibacter colletis N16, accession number MN555377.1)”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 868–997 · show in text ↑
e1

“two pea (Pisum sativum L) cultivars”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 138–173 · show in text ↑
Observationobservedoriginal resultmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

One nodule isolate showed 99 % sequence similarity to Staphylococcus warneri Dk131.

Taxon
Pisum sativum LLathyrus oleraceuse1
Interactor
StaphylococcusStaphylococcuse0symbiont
Outcome
similarity with isolates from the genus Staphylococcuse0
Value
99 %e0

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Lathyrus oleraceus
Lathyrus oleraceus · TaxonRenee Comet (photographer) AV Number: AV-9400-4164 · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons ↗
Staphylococcus
Staphylococcus · Interactor · picture of the genus (one of its species)Photo Credit: Janice Carr Content Providers(s): CDC/ Matthew J. Arduino, DRPH; Janice Carr · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“99 % similarity with isolates from the genus Staphylococcus (strain Staphylococcus warneri Dk131, registered with NCBI)”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1002–1121 · show in text ↑
e1

“two pea (Pisum sativum L) cultivars”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 138–173 · show in text ↑
Method / resourceobservedoriginal resultbasis n/a

Claim · model-written summary

The nodule bacterial isolates were registered as new strains in GenBank.

Taxon
Pisum sativum LLathyrus oleraceuse1
Outcome
registered as new strains in Mosul in Gene Bank (NCBI)e0
Value
16S rRNAe0
Setting
Mosule0

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Lathyrus oleraceus
Lathyrus oleraceus · TaxonRenee Comet (photographer) AV Number: AV-9400-4164 · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

e0

“All isolates with 16S rRNA sequences were registered as new strains in Mosul in Gene Bank (NCBI)”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1123–1219 · show in text ↑
e1

“two pea (Pisum sativum L) cultivars”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 138–173 · show in text ↑

Cyperus papyrus · symbiosis · Lathyrus oleraceus (pea)Results agree

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botanical · symbiosis · Lathyrus oleraceus (pea)Positive and negative results

5 papers: 2 positive, 3 negative or no effect

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