“…It has been recognized that allelochemicals could be released from plants into the environment through several ways such as volatilization, root exudation, decomposition and leaching to interfere the growth of adjacent plants (Subrahmaniam et al ., 2018). Some allelochemicals could increase cell membrane permeability (Bais et al ., 2003; Chai et al ., 2013), inhibit cell division and elongation, damage cell sumicroscopic structure (Teerarak et al ., 2012; Cheng et al ., 2016), disturb plant photosynthesis and respiration (Yu et al ., 2005), affect synthesis of plant endogenous hormones and proteins (Zeng et al ., 2001; Hu et al ., 2015), and so on. In consequence, allelopathy would potentially influence the growth and development of plants, succession of plant communities (Cummings et al ., 2012; Bonanomi et al ., 2018) and invasion of exotic plant into forest ecosystems (Meiners et al ., 2012).…”