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Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

2012

Abutilon theophrasti

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Comparative Ecophysiology Of Grain Sorghum And Abutilon Theophrasti In Monoculture And In Mixture, Samba Traoré, John L. Lindquist, Stephen Mason, Alex Martin, D. A. Mortensen Sep 2012

Comparative Ecophysiology Of Grain Sorghum And Abutilon Theophrasti In Monoculture And In Mixture, Samba Traoré, John L. Lindquist, Stephen Mason, Alex Martin, D. A. Mortensen

John L. Lindquist

Selection of crop genotypes that are more competitive with weeds for light interception may improve crop yield stability in the presence of weeds. The effects of interference on ecophysiological characteristics of Abutilon theophrasti Medic. and three morphologically diverse grain sorghum hybrids was evaluated to determine the relative tolerance and suppressive ability of the three hybrids and specific traits that may contribute to those differences. A tall hybrid was more tolerant to A. theophrasti interference than two medium stature hybrids. Early leaf area growth of two medium-stature sorghum hybrids was reduced by A. theophrasti interference, whereas early growth of a tall …


Performance Of Weedsoft For Predicting Soybean Yield Loss, Shawn M. Hock, Stevan Z. Knezevic, Alex Martin, John L. Lindquist Sep 2012

Performance Of Weedsoft For Predicting Soybean Yield Loss, Shawn M. Hock, Stevan Z. Knezevic, Alex Martin, John L. Lindquist

John L. Lindquist

Decision support systems (DSSs) have been developed to assist producers and consultants with weed management decisions. WeedSOFT is a DSS currently used in several states in the northcentral region of the United States. Accurate estimates of crop yield loss due to weed interference are required for cost-effective weed management recommendations. WeedSOFT uses competitive indices (CIs) to predict crop yield loss under multiple weed species, weed densities, and relative times of weed emergence. Performance of several WeedSOFT versions to predict soybean yield loss from weed competition was evaluated using CI values in WeedSOFT version 9.0 compared to new CI values calculated …