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Weed Suppression by Canola and Mustard Cultivars

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Hugh J. Beckie ,
Eric N. Johnson ,
Robert E. Blackshaw  and
Yantai Gan
Hugh J. Beckie*
Affiliation:
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), Saskatoon Research Centre, 107 Science Place, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada S7N 0X2
Eric N. Johnson
Affiliation:
AAFC, Scott Research Farm, P.O. Box 10, Scott, Saskatchewan, Canada S0K 4A0
Robert E. Blackshaw
Affiliation:
AAFC, Lethbridge Research Centre, P.O. Box 3000, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada T1J 4B1
Yantai Gan
Affiliation:
AAFC, Semiarid Prairie Agricultural Research Centre, P.O. Box 1030, Swift Current, Saskatchewan, Canada S9H 3X2
*
Corresponding author's E-mail: beckieh@agr.gc.ca
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Abstract

Competitive crops or cultivars can be an important component of integrated weed management systems. A study was conducted from 2003 to 2006 at four sites across semiarid prairie ecoregions in western Canada to investigate the weed-suppression ability of canola and mustard cultivars. Four open-pollinated canola cultivars, four hybrid canola cultivars, two canola-quality mustard cultivars, two oriental mustard cultivars, and two yellow mustard cultivars were grown in competition with indigenous weed communities. Yellow mustard was best able to suppress weed growth, followed in decreasing order of weed competitiveness by oriental mustard and hybrid canola, open-pollinated canola, and canola-quality mustard. Competitive response of cultivars, assessed by weed biomass suppression, was negatively correlated with time to crop emergence and positively correlated with early-season crop biomass accumulation (prior to bolting) and plant height.

Keywords

Canola, Brassica napus L.oriental mustard or canola-quality mustard, Brassica juncea L. Czern. & Cossyellow mustard, Sinapis alba L.Competitive cropsoilseed cropweed competitionweed interference
Type
Research
Information
Weed Technology , Volume 22 , Issue 1 , March 2008 , pp. 182 - 185
Copyright
Copyright © Weed Science Society of America 

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