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Changes in competitive ability between a C4 crop and a C3 weed with elevated carbon dioxide

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Lewis H. Ziska
Lewis H. Ziska*
Affiliation:
Climate Stress Laboratory, USDA-ARS, 10300 Baltimore Avenue, Beltsville, MD 20705 USA. lziska@asrr.arsusda.gov
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Abstract

Using climate-controlled glasshouses, the growth of grain sorghum was evaluated with and without the presence of common cocklebur at current and projected future atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide [CO2]. Single-leaf photosynthetic rates declined for both species in competition; however, elevated CO2 reduced the percentage decline in common cocklebur and increased it in sorghum by 35 d after sowing (DAS) relative to ambient CO2. In monoculture, elevated CO2 significantly stimulated leaf photosynthetic rate, leaf area, and aboveground dry weight of common cocklebur more than that of sorghum. However, the stimulation of aboveground biomass or leaf area for monocultures of sorghum and common cocklebur at elevated CO2 did not adequately predict the CO2 response of aboveground biomass or leaf area for sorghum and common cocklebur grown in competitive mixtures. Overall, by 41 DAS, plant relative yield (PRY), in terms of aboveground biomass and leaf area, increased significantly for common cocklebur and decreased significantly for sorghum in competitive mixtures at elevated CO2. Data from this study indicate that vegetative growth, competition, and potential yield of economically important C4 crops could be reduced by co-occurring C3 weeds as atmospheric carbon dioxide increases.

Keywords

Common cocklebur, Xanthium strumarium L. XANSTsorghum, Sorghum bicolor L. MoenchClimate changecompetitionXANST

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Weed Science , Volume 49 , Issue 5 , October 2001 , pp. 622 - 627
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Copyright © Weed Science Society of America 

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