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Toxicity of Root Residues of Weed Grass Species

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

Marvin M. Schreiber  and
J. L. Williams Jr.
Marvin M. Schreiber
Affiliation:
Crops Research Division, Agricultural Research Service, U. S. Department of Agriculture
J. L. Williams Jr.
Affiliation:
Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Purdue University, Lafayette, Indiana
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Abstract

Corn was grown in soils containing root residues of giant foxtail (Setaria faberii Herrm.), yellow foxtail (Setaria glauca (L.) Beauv.), and crabgrass (Digitaria sanguinalis (L.) Scop.). The effect of these residues on corn root growth was studied using a new technique which measures root response to soil properties with a single plant. Giant foxtail was the most inhibitory. Implications of these data are discussed in terms of the dominance and competitive ability of giant foxtail.

Type
Brief Papers
Information
Weeds , Volume 15 , Issue 1 , January 1967 , pp. 80 - 81
Copyright
Copyright © 1967 Weed Science Society of America 

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