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Herbicide Response and Morphology of Interspecific Sowthistle Crosses

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

A. R. Bell
Affiliation:
Dep. of Agron., North Dakota State Univ., Fargo, ND. 58102
John D. Nalewaja
Affiliation:
Dep. of Agron., North Dakota State Univ., Fargo, ND. 58102
S. Alam
Affiliation:
Dep. of Agron., North Dakota State Univ., Fargo, ND. 58102
A. B. Schooler
Affiliation:
Dep. of Agron., North Dakota State Univ., Fargo, ND. 58102
T. S. Hsieh
Affiliation:
Dep. of Agron., North Dakota State Univ., Fargo, ND. 58102

Abstract

Interspecific crosses were made between perennial sowthistle (Sonchus arvensis L.) and annual sowthistle (Sonchus oleraceus L.). Flower head size, leaf type, and creeping root growth of the hybrid were intermediate to those same morphological characteristics of the parents. Backcrosses to the parents produced plants which resembled annual or perennial sowthistle more closely than did the F1 hybrids. Annual sowthistle and backcrosses to annual sowthistle were more tolerant to (2,4-dichlorophenoxy)acetic acid (2,4-D) and 3,6-dichloro-o-anisic acid (dicamba) than were perennial sowthistle or backcrosses to perennial sowthistle. However, annual and perennial sowthistle were similar to each other in response to 4-amino-3,5,6-trichloropicolinic acid (picloram). Natural crosses between annual and perennial sowthistles may account for some of the variability in herbicide response found in perennial sowthistle.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © 1973 Weed Science Society of America 

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