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Early Interference between Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) and Four Weed Species

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

C. Dennis Elmore ,
Michael A. Brown  and
Elizabeth P. Flint
C. Dennis Elmore
Affiliation:
South. Weed Sci. Lab., Agric. Res. Serv., U.S. Dep. Agric., Stoneville, MS 38776
Michael A. Brown
Affiliation:
South. Region, Agric. Res. Serv., U.S. Dep. Agric., Stoneville, MS 38776
Elizabeth P. Flint
Affiliation:
South. Weed Sci. Lab., Agric. Res. Serv., U.S. Dep. Agric., Stoneville, MS 38776
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Abstract

Early weed and crop interference was examined in a greenhouse pot experiment combining aspects of additive, substitutive, and diallel designs. Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L. 'Stoneville 213′) and four weeds {purple nutsedge (Cyperus rotundus L.), large crabgrass [Digitaria sanguinalis (L.) Scop.], velvetleaf (Abutilon theophrasti Medic.) and prickly sida (Sida spinosa L.)} were grown singly and in all possible combinations of pairs including reciprocals for 5 weeks in 10-cm plastic pots. After 5 weeks large crabgrass was the tallest species in all combinations except when grown with purple nutsedge. Purple nutsedge, however, had more leaf area and greater dry weight than all other species. Height, leaf area, and dry weight were lowest in prickly sida. Mean relative yields in mixtures (a measure of competitive ability) were 1.90, 1.15, 1.13, 0.86, and 0.41 for purple nutsedge, large crabgrass, cotton, velvetleaf, and prickly sida, respectively, when grown with the other four species as associates. Conversely, purple nutsedge and cotton as associates depressed mean relative yields of competing species to 0.59 and 0.94. Large crabgrass, velvetleaf, and prickly sida as associates increased mean relative yields of competing species to 1.17, 1.18, and 1.55, respectively. Analysis of these data and replacement-series diagrams indicated that purple nutsedge was the most competitive, prickly sida the least, and the other species were intermediate and approximately equivalent in competitive ability.

Keywords

Cyperus rotundusSida spinosaDigitaria sanguinalisAbutilon theophrastireplacement series
Type
Research Article
Information
Weed Science , Volume 31 , Issue 2 , March 1983 , pp. 200 - 207
Copyright
Copyright © 1983 Weed Science Society of America 

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