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Competition Between Flax and Wild Buckwheat

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

R. D. Gruenhagen  and
John D. Nalewaja
R. D. Gruenhagen
Affiliation:
North Dakota State University, Crop Science Department, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina
John D. Nalewaja
Affiliation:
Agronomy Department, North Dakota State University, Fargo, North Dakota
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Abstract

Competition between wild buckwheat (Polygonum convolvulus L.) and flax (Linum usitatissimum L.) was studied in field experiments at various North Dakota locations and in a controlled environment chamber in relation to soil moisture, soil fertility, light, wild buckwheat density, flax seeding rate, and length of the competition period. In the field, flaxseed yield losses caused by competition were lowered by increasing the flax seeding rate and by early wild buckwheat removal. Fertilizer increased flaxseed yield losses at the high seeding rate and generally doubled wild buckwheat dry matter production. Flax dry matter was reduced by competition at the lower seeding rates. The field and controlled environment studies indicated that competition occurred mostly in the root zone. In the latter study, wild buckwheat was a better competitor than flax on a dry weight basis and the dry weights appeared to be related to nitrogen uptake. Wild buckwheat utilized water for growth more efficiently than flax.

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Weed Science , Volume 17 , Issue 3 , July 1969 , pp. 380 - 384
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Copyright © 1969 Weed Science Society of America 

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