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Effects of Soil Moisture on the Vegetative Growth of Wild Oat (Avena fatua)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

William C. Akey  and
Ian N. Morrison
William C. Akey
Affiliation:
Univ. of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada R3T 2N2
Ian N. Morrison
Affiliation:
Univ. of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada R3T 2N2
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Abstract

The growth of wild oat (Avena fatua L. ♯3 AVEFA) under different moisture regimes was investigated under field conditions and in a growth chamber. In the field, growth of wild oat under low moisture conditions (0.6 cm water per week – Regime 1) was significantly reduced compared to growth under high moisture conditions (2.5 cm water per week – Regime 2). Maximum reductions of 49, 33, and 38% were recorded in the leaf area, dry weight, and number of viable tillers, respectively. The growth of wild oat in soil watered daily to a soil moisture content (SMC) of 10% (water potential −6.5 bars) in the growth chamber was less than for plants in soil watered daily to 20% SMC (-0.3 bars). Maximum reductions of 55, 57, and 38% were recorded in the leaf area, dry weight, and number of viable tillers, respectively. Wild oat growth was more adversely affected by reducing the SMC from 20 to 10% after, rather than before, the four-leaf stage. By the last sampling date, stomatal diffusion resistance of the most severely water-stressed plants was 25 s·cm-1 compared to between 5 and 10 s·cm-1 for the plants receiving more water.

Keywords

Water stressstomatal diffusion resistanceAVEFA
Type
Weed Biology and Ecology
Information
Weed Science , Volume 32 , Issue 5 , September 1984 , pp. 625 - 630
Copyright
Copyright © 1984 by the Weed Science Society of America 

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