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Variability in Velvetleaf (Abutilon theophrasti) and Reproduction Beyond Its Current Range in North America

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

Robert N. Andersen ,
Robert M. Menges  and
Jeffery S. Conn
Robert N. Andersen
Affiliation:
Agric. Res. Serv., U.S. Dep. Agric., Dep. Agron., and Plant Genetics, Univ. of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN 55108
Robert M. Menges
Affiliation:
Agric. Res. Serv., U.S. Dep. Agric., P. O. Box 267, Weslaco, TX 78576
Jeffery S. Conn
Affiliation:
Agric. Res. Serv., U.S. Dep. Agric., Univ. of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK 99701
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Abstract

The general appearance of plants was similar for 14 accessions of velvetleaf (Abutilon theophrasti Medic. ♯ ABUTH) obtained from Stoneville, MS (33° 25’ N), Rosemount, MN (44° 43’ N), and various locations in between. All accessions were equally susceptible to bentazon [3-isopropyl-1H-2,1,3-benzothiadiazin-4(3H)-one 2,2-dioxide]. Variation in maturity characteristics was found among the accessions in the field at Rosemount; southern accessions began seed capsule production later and continued it longer than did northern accessions. Velvetleaf accessions from Stoneville and Rosemount both produced seeds in the field at Weslaco, TX (26° 09’ N), but at Fairbanks, AK (64° 49’ N), neither accession produced seeds before being killed by frost.

Keywords

MaturitybentazonABUTH
Type
Weed Biology and Ecology
Information
Weed Science , Volume 33 , Issue 4 , July 1985 , pp. 507 - 512
Copyright
Copyright © 1985 by the Weed Science Society of America 

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