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Effect of the Presence or Absence of Corn on Common Lambsquarters (Chenopodium album L.) and Barnyardgrass [Echinochloa crus-galli (L.) Beauv.] Emergence

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Maryse L. Leblanc ,
Daniel C. Cloutier ,
Anne Légère ,
Claudel Lemieux ,
Louis Assémat ,
Diane L. Benoit  and
Chantal Hamel
Maryse L. Leblanc
Affiliation:
Institut de Recherche et de Développement en Agroenvironnement, P.O. Box 480, Saint-Hyacinthe, QC, Canada J2S 7B8
Daniel C. Cloutier
Affiliation:
Institut de Malherbologie, P.O. Box 222, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, QC, Canada H9X 3R9
Anne Légère
Affiliation:
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Soils and Crops Research and Development Centre, Sainte-Foy, QC, Canada G1V 2J3
Claudel Lemieux
Affiliation:
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Soils and Crops Research and Development Centre, Sainte-Foy, QC, Canada G1V 2J3
Louis Assémat
Affiliation:
Institut National de Recherche Agronomique, Unité de Malherbologie et Agronomie, 21065 Dijon Cedex, France
Diane L. Benoit
Affiliation:
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Horticulture Research and Development Centre, Saint-Jean-Sur-Richelieu, QC, Canada J3B 3E6
Chantal Hamel
Affiliation:
Department of Natural Resources Sciences, McGill University, Sainte-Anne-deBellevue, QC, Canada H9X 3V9
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Abstract

A 3-yr study was conducted to establish if the presence of corn had an effect on the emergence patterns and total weed seedling density under growing conditions in southwestern Québec. Weed seedling emergence was monitored in permanent quadrats throughout the growing season in the presence and absence of growing corn. Common lambsquarters and barnyardgrass were prevalent in most site-years. The presence of corn did not affect the patterns of common lambsquarters and barnyardgrass emergence nor their total weed seedling density except in 1994. Corn canopy was probably not sufficiently developed to affect light levels or soil temperature needed for weed germination and, consequently, seedling emergence. In 1994, in the absence of corn, some soil crusting was observed on a fine-textured soil, and the total number of seedlings was reduced. The results of these weed emergence studies in corn can be extended to other crops growing with wide row spacing and relatively slow canopy closure similar to those of grain corn.

Keywords

Barnyardgrass, Echinochloa crus-galli (L.) Beauv. #3 ECHCGcommon lambsquarters, Chenopodium album L. # CHEALcorn, Zea mays L. ‘Pioneer 3921’Amaranthus retroflexus L., AMARE, crop competition, redroot pigweed, weed density, weed seedling emergenceCHU, corn heat unitsPAR, photosynthetically active radiation
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Research
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Weed Technology , Volume 16 , Issue 3 , September 2002 , pp. 638 - 644
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Copyright © Weed Science Society of America 

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