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Reproductive Characteristics of Honeyvine Milkweed

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

E. L. Robinson
E. L. Robinson*
Affiliation:
Crops Research Division, Agricultural Research Service, U. S. Department of Agriculture, Stoneville, Mississippi
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Abstract

The prolificacy of honeyvine milkweed [Ampelamus albidus (Nutt.) Britt.] was investigated. Mature seeds stored at 0, 10, and 24 C and germinated at 32 C demonstrated high viability from harvest to 1 year old. Immature seeds were slightly less viable but followed the same trends in germination. Studies with rhizomes excavated at four different times throughout the year showed that segments 1 inch long with at least one live bud were capable of generating regrowth. These reproductive characteristics with the inherent tenacity of honeyvine milkweed indicate a potentially serious weed problem in many agricultural regions of the United States.

Type
Research Article
Information
Weed Science , Volume 16 , Issue 4 , October 1968 , pp. 436 - 438
Copyright
Copyright © Weed Science Society of America 

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