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Comparative Analysis of Three Cruciferous Weeds: Growth, Development, and Competitiveness

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

David A. Wall
David A. Wall*
Affiliation:
Weed Sci., Agric. Can., Res. Stn., Unit 100-101 Route 100, Morden, MB, Canada, R6M 1Y5
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Abstract

Wild, ball, and dog mustard growth and development were investigated by mathematical growth analysis in a greenhouse experiment. Plant height and total plant biomass over the growth period followed the trend wild mustard > ball mustard > dog mustard. Dog mustard plants had lower leaf areas than either wild or ball mustard. In a replacement series experiment, wild mustard was more competitive than either ball or dog mustard, and ball mustard was more competitive than dog mustard.

Keywords

Ball mustard, Neslia paniculate (L.) Desv. #3 NEAPADog mustard, Erucastrum gallicum (Willd.) O. E. Schulz # ERWGAWild mustard, Sinapis arvensis L. # SINARWild mustardSinapis arvensis LSINAR; ball mustardNeslia paniculataNEAPA; dog mustardErucastrum gallicumERWGA; growth analysiscompetitionreplacement series
Type
Weed Biology and Ecology
Information
Weed Science , Volume 43 , Issue 1 , March 1995 , pp. 75 - 80
Copyright
Copyright © 1995 by the Weed Science Society of America 

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