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Factors Affecting Johnsongrass Rhizome Production and Germination

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

C. G. McWhorter
C. G. McWhorter*
Affiliation:
S. Weed Sci. Lab., Plant Sci. Res. Div., Agr. Res. Serv., U. S. Dep. of Agr., Stoneville, Mississippi 38776
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Abstract

Approximately 80% of the johnsongrass (Sorghum halepense (L.) Pers.) rhizomes produced in clay soil were in the top 7.5 cm, but 80% of the rhizomes in sandy loam occurred in the top 12.5 cm. Distribution of rhizomes within the top 20 cm of soil was more uniform in sandy loam than in clay; yet, 5% of the rhizomes produced in clay occurred deeper than 20 cm, but only 1% of the rhizomes in sandy loam occurred deeper than 20 cm. Incorporation of a,a,a-trifluoro-2,6-dinitro-N,N-dipropyl-/7-toluidine (trifluralin) in soil at 0.84 kg/ha reduced rhizome production approximately 50% throughout the soil profile but reduced rhizome production most in the top 6 cm. More plants emerged from rhizomes when planted in sandy loam than in clay. More plants emerged from short rhizomes (76 mm) than from long rhizomes (152 mm) when planted at depths to 7.6 cm, but the opposite trend was obtained when rhizomes were planted deeper. Percentage germination of rhizome buds increased as rhizomes were cut into smaller pieces. Exposure of rhizomes to temperatures of 50 to 60 C killed buds within 1 to 3 days. Rhizomes usually survived temperatures of −3 to −5 C for only a few hours.

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Research Article
Information
Weed Science , Volume 20 , Issue 1 , January 1972 , pp. 41 - 45
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Copyright © Weed Science Society of America 

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