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Tillage Effects on Weed Seed Return and Seedbank Composition

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

David R. Clements,
Diane L. Benoit,
Stephen D. Murphy and
Clarence J. Swanton
David R. Clements
Affiliation:
Dep. Biology, Trinity Western University, Langley, BC, Canada, V2Y 1Y1, Weed Sci., Agric. Canada Res. Stn., Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, QUE, Canada J3B 3E6
Diane L. Benoit
Affiliation:
Dep. Crop Sci., Univ. Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada N1G 2W1
Stephen D. Murphy
Affiliation:
Dep. Crop Sci., Univ. Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada N1G 2W1
Clarence J. Swanton
Affiliation:
Dep. Crop Sci., Univ. Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada N1G 2W1
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Abstract

Weed seed return and seedbank composition, with particular reference to common lambsquarters, were studied in four tillage systems established on a site near Fingal, Ontario. The tillage treatments were moldboard plow, chisel plow, ridge-till, and no-till. The cropping system was a cornsoybean rotation. Tillage effects on weed population composition were assessed after all weed control measures had been implemented. More than 60% of the weed seedbank was concentrated in the upper 5 cm of soil in chisel plow and no-till. The seedbank of the moldboard plow system was more uniformly distributed over depth and larger than the other systems. Common lambsquarters comprised more than 50% of the seedbank in all systems except ridge-till, but only dominated the aboveground weed population in chisel plow. Seedbank populations of common lambsquarters with moldboard plowing were greater than those with ridge-till and no-till, and chisel plow seedbank populations were greater than those in ridge-till. Chisel and moldboard plow systems generally had higher aboveground plant populations of common lambsquarters than the other two systems. Seed production per plant by common lambsquarters was equivalent among the four systems, but estimated seed production per unit area was higher in moldboard plow and chisel plow systems than in the other systems. Populations of common lambsquarters and similar species may produce more seeds and persist in moldboard plow and chisel plow systems; these weeds may produce fewer seeds per unit area and be easier to manage in no-till and ridge-till systems.

Keywords

Common lambsquarters, Chenopodium album L. ♯ CHEALcorn, Zea mays L.soybean, Glycine max (L.) Merr.Conservation tillageno-tillridge-tillseedbank profileweed spectrumCHEAL

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Type
Weed Biology and Ecology
Information
Weed Science , Volume 44 , Issue 2 , June 1996, pp. 314 - 322
Copyright
Copyright © 1996 by the Weed Science Society of America 

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