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Effect of Rhizome Depth in Soil on Emergence and Growth of Field Mint (Mentha arvensis)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

Jerry A. Ivany
Jerry A. Ivany*
Affiliation:
Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada, C1A 7M8
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Abstract

Field mint is widespread on Prince Edward Island and has become a problem in the production of cereal grains, potatoes, and other crops. Studies were conducted to determine if deep burial of the rhizome could be used as a control method. Rhizome pieces measuring 2.5, 5.0, or 10.0 cm in length were hand-buried in soil at depths of 2.5, 5.0, 10.0, or 20.0 cm in the spring. As planting depth increased, shoot emergence was delayed and fewer shoots emerged throughout the season. The smallest rhizome of 2.5 cm produced the fewest shoots during the season, but larger rhizomes (5.0 or 10.0 cm long) produced greater amounts of shoot and rhizome dry weights than smaller rhizomes. Deep burial of field mint to 20.0 cm by inversion plowing could be used as a means of field mint control, especially in early planted competitive crops that close canopy quickly.

Keywords

Field mint, Mentha arvensis, L. # MENARpotato, Solanum tuberosum L.Burial depthcultural controlMENARrhizome burialrhizome lengthPEI, Prince Edward Island
Type
Research
Information
Weed Technology , Volume 11 , Issue 1 , March 1997 , pp. 149 - 151
Copyright
Copyright © 1997 by the Weed Science Society of America 

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