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Methods in Weed Ecology: Glue Retains Seeds in Shatter-Prone Seedheads

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Frank Forcella  and
Gary B. Amundson
Frank Forcella*
Affiliation:
USDA-ARS North Central Soil Conservation Research Laboratory, Morris, MN 56267
Gary B. Amundson
Affiliation:
USDA-ARS North Central Soil Conservation Research Laboratory, Morris, MN 56267
*
Corresponding author's E-mail: forcella@morris.ars.usda.gov
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Abstract

The difficulty of measuring fecundity of weeds with shatter-prone seeds can be overcome by postanthesis application of nontoxic glues to seedheads. Such glues reduced seed losses of redroot pigweed to <5% of total seed production compared with 12 to 14% for nontreated plants.

Keywords

Redroot pigweedAmaranthus retroflexus L. #3 AMAREAmaranthus retroflexusAMAREfecundityseed dispersalseed productionseed shedPVACpolyvinyl acetate copolymer
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Information
Weed Technology , Volume 18 , Issue 1 , March 2004 , pp. 183 - 185
Copyright
Copyright © Weed Science Society of America 

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