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Soil temperature and soil water effects on pygmyflower (Androsace septentrionalis) emergence

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Robert E. Blackshaw
Robert E. Blackshaw*
Affiliation:
Lethbridge Research Center, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, P.O. Box 3000, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada T1J 4B1; blackshaw@agr.gc.ca
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Abstract

Pygmyflower is becoming increasingly abundant in conservation-tillage cropping systems of the Canadian Prairies. Increased knowledge of pygmyflower biology would facilitate development of integrated programs for its control. A controlled environment study was conducted to determine the combined effect of various soil temperature and soil water levels on pygmyflower emergence. Pygmyflower emerged at soil temperatures ranging from 10 to 25 C with optimal emergence at 15 C. Emergence was inhibited completely at 5 or 30 C. Pygmyflower emergence markedly declined as soil water content decreased. At progressively lower soil water levels of − 0.03, − 0.28, − 0.53, − 0.78, − 1.03, and − 1.53 MPa, pygmyflower emergence at 15 C was 71, 50, 49, 29, 24, and 15%, respectively. The interaction of warm and dry soils caused the greatest inhibition of pygmyflower emergence. Rate of pygmyflower emergence was reduced greatly by either lowering soil temperature or reducing soil water content. A decrease in soil temperature from 25 to 10 C increased the time to reach 50% emergence (ET50) by 9 to 14 d, whereas a decrease in soil water content from − 0.03 to − 1.53 MPa increased ET50 by 7 to 16 d. Results suggest that pygmyflower may pose the greatest problem in winter crops or early-planted spring crops. Information gained in this study will contribute to the development of an improved pygmyflower management program in annual cropping systems.

Keywords

Pygmyflower, Androsace septentrionalis L. ANSSEGerminationemergence rateweed biologyweed emergence
Type
Research Article
Information
Weed Science , Volume 51 , Issue 4 , August 2003 , pp. 592 - 595
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Copyright © Weed Science Society of America 

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