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Green Foxtail (Setaria viridis) and Pale Smartweed (Polygonum lapathifolium) Interference in Field Crops

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

John T. O'Donovan
John T. O'Donovan*
Affiliation:
Pest Management Branch, Alberta Environmental Centre, Vegreville, AB, Can. T9C 1T4
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Abstract

Field experiments were conducted at Vegreville, Alberta in 1984, 1985, 1986, and 1988 to determine the effects of green foxtail and pale smartweed on yield of wheat, barley, and canola. There was considerable variation among years in the response of crop yield to both weeds and in the relationship between weed dry weight and weed density. Mostly relationships between crop yield and either weed density or dry weight were poor, suggesting that the weeds competed weakly with the crops. Thus density or dry weight may be poor predictors of crop yield losses due to green foxtail or pale smartweed. Where the crops emerged ahead of these weeds, and where soil moisture was not a limiting factor, crop yield losses were minimal and control with herbicides probably uneconomical. In some instances, growth and development of the weeds was suppressed by the crops to the extent that little or no weed dry matter was present at crop maturity. This was most evident with barley, and where the crops emerged ahead of the weeds.

Keywords

Green foxtail, Setaria viridis (L.) Beauv. # SETVIpale smartweed, Polygonum lapathifolium L. # POLLAbarley, Hordeum vulgare L. ‘Klondike’canola, Brassica campestris L. ‘Tobin’wheat, Triticum aestivum L., ‘Neepawa.’Relative time of emergencelinear regressionnonlinear regressionweed dry weight as a function of densitySETVIPOLLA
Type
Research
Information
Weed Technology , Volume 8 , Issue 2 , June 1994 , pp. 311 - 316
Copyright
Copyright © 1994 by the Weed Science Society of America 

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