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Critical Period of Weed Interference in Transplanted Tomatoes (Lycopersicon esculentum): Growth Analysis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

Susan E. Weaver  and
Chin S. Tan
Susan E. Weaver
Affiliation:
Agric. Canada, Harrow, Ontario, Canada NOR 1GO
Chin S. Tan
Affiliation:
Agric. Canada, Harrow, Ontario, Canada NOR 1GO
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Abstract

The critical period of weed interference in transplanted tomatoes (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill. 'Springset’) was from 28 to 35 days after transplanting. A single weeding during this period was sufficient to prevent yield reductions. A growth analysis revealed that significant differences in plant dry weight and fruit number between tomatoes from weed-free and weed-infested plots were not apparent until 56 to 70 days after transplanting. The shorter the initial weed-free period, or the longer weeds were allowed to remain in the plots before removal, the earlier reductions in tomato dry weight and fruit number appeared. Weed interference was due primarily to shading rather than water stress. Tomatoes from weed-infested plots had significantly lower stomatal conductances than those from weed-free plots, but did not differ in xylem-pressure potential or in canopy temperature. If tomatoes were kept weed-free for more than 28 days, or when weeds were present for less than 28 days after transplanting, stomatal conductances were not significantly reduced.

Keywords

Competitionxylem-pressure potentialstomatal conductancecanopy temperature
Type
Research Article
Information
Weed Science , Volume 31 , Issue 4 , July 1983 , pp. 476 - 481
Copyright
Copyright © 1983 Weed Science Society of America 

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