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Common Lambsquarters (Chenopodium album) Interference in Sugarbeets (Beta vulgaris)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

Edward E. Schweizer
Edward E. Schweizer*
Affiliation:
Agric. Res. Serv., U.S. Dep. Agric., Crops Res. Lab., Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO 80523
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Abstract

Interference of common lambsquarters (Chenopodium album L.) in sugarbeets (Beta vulgaris L. ‘Mono Hy D2′) was determined in a 2-yr field experiment. Yield of sugarbeet roots and recoverable sucrose/ha decreased as the density of common lambsquarters increased. At densities of 6, 12, 18, and 24 common lambsquarters plants/30 m of row, root yields were reduced 13, 29, 38, and 48%, respectively, and recoverable sucrose yields were reduced 11, 27, 37, and 46%, respectively. The minimum number of common lambsquarters plants required per 30 m of row to reduce sugarbeet root yields was estimated to be six in 1980 and four in 1981.

Keywords

Weed lossesweed thresholdscompetition
Type
Research Article
Information
Weed Science , Volume 31 , Issue 1 , January 1983 , pp. 5 - 8
Copyright
Copyright © 1983 Weed Science Society of America 

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