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Critical weed-free period for large crabgrass (Digitaria sanguinalis) in transplanted watermelon (Citrullus lanatus)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

David W. Monks  and
Jonathan R. Schultheis
Jonathan R. Schultheis
Affiliation:
Department of Horticultural Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695
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Abstract

Removal and plant-back studies were conducted in North Carolina in 1991 and 1992 to determine the critical period of large crabgrass competition in transplanted triploid (seedless) watermelon. For every week that large crabgrass remained in watermelon, medium (3.6 to 7.3 kg) melon yield decreased 3,996 kg and 716 fruit ha−1. For every week that large crabgrass emergence was delayed, yield increased by 814 kg and 142 fruit ha−1. Likewise, for every week that large crabgrass remained in watermelon, marketable (3.6 kg and over) yield decreased 5,582 kg and 911 fruit ha−1. For every week that large crabgrass emergence was delayed, yield was increased 881 kg and 151 fruit ha−1. Large crabgrass emerging after 6 wk had no effect on marketable fruit or number of watermelon. To achieve the greatest quality or quantity of medium or marketable fruit, a large crabgrass-free period between 0 and 6 wk after transplanting was necessary.

Keywords

Watermelon, Citrullus lanatus (thub.) Matsum and Nakailarge crabgrass, Digitaria sanguinalis (L.) Scop. DIGSACompetitioninterferencelosses from weedsmodelsseedless watermelontriploid watermelonweed emergenceweed removalyield reductionDIGSA
Type
Weed Biology and Ecology
Information
Weed Science , Volume 46 , Issue 5 , October 1998 , pp. 530 - 532
Copyright
Copyright © 1998 by the Weed Science Society of America 

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