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Brassicaceous Weed Seed Predation by Ground Beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Sharavari S. Kulkarni ,
Lloyd M. Dosdall ,
John R. Spence  and
Christian J. Willenborg
Sharavari S. Kulkarni*
Affiliation:
(Deceased), Department of Agricultural, Food, and Nutritional Science, 410 Ag/Forestry Building, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2P5, Canada
Lloyd M. Dosdall
Affiliation:
(Deceased), Department of Agricultural, Food, and Nutritional Science, 410 Ag/Forestry Building, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2P5, Canada
John R. Spence
Affiliation:
Department of Renewable Resources, 751 General Services Building, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2H1, Canada
Christian J. Willenborg
Affiliation:
Department of Plant Sciences, College of Agriculture and Bioresources, University of Saskatchewan, 51 Campus Drive, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5A8, Canada
*
Corresponding author's E-mail: sharavar@ualberta.ca
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Abstract

We used laboratory and field feeding trials to investigate adult carabid beetle preferences for three brassicaceous weed species (rapeseed, wild mustard, and field pennycress) that are pests in canola. All carabid species preferred seeds of rapeseed most and those of field pennycress least and showed intermediate preference for wild mustard seeds. Beetles highly preferred imbibed seeds of all three weed species. Activity–density of carabids and mean weed seed removal were highly correlated in field plots of canola, with activity–density accounting for 67% of the observed variation in seed removal. Our study indicates that seed consumption among carabids is influenced by several factors, including weed species, physiological state of seeds, and carabid activity–density. Carabid seed predation is significant in canola agroecosystems; therefore, understanding these influences has implications for ecological weed management.

Keywords

Field pennycress, Thlaspi arvense L. THLARrapeseed, Brassica napus L. BRSNN, wild mustard, Sinapis arvensis L. SINARcanola, Brassica napus L.Canolacarabid beetlesecological weed managementecosystem servicesgranivoryseedbankweed seed predation
Type
Weed Management
Information
Weed Science , Volume 64 , Issue 2 , June 2016 , pp. 294 - 302
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Copyright © Weed Science Society of America 

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Footnotes

Associate editor for this paper: Amita Dille, Kansas State University.

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