A farmer insisted that he did not want to use the manual method for removing weeds or use weedicides, in his field but instead plant more of sunflower or soya bean plants in between the crop plants. What do you think could be a reason for this?(Refer to the clue given.) CLUE-Allelopathic crops-SUNFLOWER(Allelopathy is a biological phenomenon where one plant inhibits the growth of another. How? Through the release of allelochemicals, certain plants can greatly affect the growth of other plants either in a good or bad way).

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1.	A farmer insisted that he did not want to use the manual method for removing weeds or use weedicides, in his field but instead plant more of sunflower or soya bean plants in between the crop plants. What do you think could be a reason for this?(Refer to the clue given.) CLUE-Allelopathic crops-SUNFLOWER(Allelopathy is a biological phenomenon where one plant inhibits the growth of another. How? Through the release of allelochemicals, certain plants can greatly affect the growth of other plants either in a good or bad way).
Answer» ENZYMES that are given out by PLANTS.Explanation:Certain enzymes are given out in the form of gas from a plant and when that gas in taken in by the other plants near it, it can INCREASE or DECREASE the growth of the plant significantly. In the above case, sunflower gives out the ENZYME that inhibits the growth of a plant, especially weeds.