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Seedbank and Emerged Annual Weed Populations in Cornfields (Zea mays) in Colorado

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

Edward E. Schweizer ,
Philip Westra  and
Donald W. Lybecker
Edward E. Schweizer*
Affiliation:
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, AERC, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523
Philip Westra
Affiliation:
Department of Bioagricultural Sciences and Pest Management
Donald W. Lybecker
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523
*
Corresponding author e-mail: edwardes@frii.com
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Abstract

Fifty irrigated cornfields in five eastern Colorado counties were sampled for their seedbanks and annual weed seedlings and mature populations between 1988 and 1992. Fourteen annual broadleaf species and seven annual grass species were identified in the 50 seedbanks sampled after the fields were tilled in the fall. Redroot pigweed and a mixture of green and yellow foxtail were the weed species encountered most, occurring in 90 and 54% of the fields, respectively. The single-plant populations of broadleaf and grass species in June and September were similar to those observed in the seedbanks. The number of weed species as seeds in the seedbank, June seedlings, and September plants per field ranged from zero to five grass species and zero to eight broadleaf species.

Keywords

Green foxtail, Setaria viridis (L.) Beauv. #3 SETVIredroot pigweed, Amaranthus retroflexus L. # AMAREyellow foxtail, Setaria glauca (L.) Beauv. # SETLUcorn, Zea mays L.Frequencyspecies richnesssurveyAmaranthus retroflexusSetaria glaucaSetaria viridisZea maysCHEALECHCGKCHSCPANMISOLSA
Type
Research
Information
Weed Technology , Volume 12 , Issue 2 , June 1998 , pp. 243 - 247
Copyright
Copyright © 1998 by the Weed Science Society of America 

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