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Identifying associations among sterile oat (Avena sterilis) infestation level, landscape characteristics, and crop yields

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

David Ruiz ,
Carlos Escribano  and
César Fernández-Quintanilla
Carlos Escribano
Affiliation:
Centro de Ciencias Medioambientales, CSIC, Serrano 115 B, 28006 Madrid, Spain
César Fernández-Quintanilla
Affiliation:
Centro de Ciencias Medioambientales, CSIC, Serrano 115 B, 28006 Madrid, Spain
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Abstract

Information on weed spatial distribution could improve weed management decisions. Herbicide use could be reduced if applied only to field zones with an infestation level higher than a specific economic threshold. In this study, we surveyed 31 winter barley fields in different regions of Spain to describe the spatial distribution of sterile oat and to analyze the relationship between sterile oat infestation level and landscape and crop yield attributes. Elevation and slope angle, crop yield and slope aspect were the main factors in order of importance in explaining the distribution of sterile oat. In general, greater infestation levels were observed in flat lowland and concave landscapes, with a low crop yield, and on northern exposures (when slope ≥ 2%). We could define field zones with a higher risk (> 6 times probability) of having sterile oat problems. High-probability zones, defined by topographic attributes alone, occupied 24% of the total area and contained 46% of the high infestation levels, whereas zones defined by topographic and crop yield attributes constituted 14% of the total area and contained 31% of the infestation.

Keywords

Sterile oat, Avena sterilis L. AVESTbarley, Hordeum vulgare L.Spatial distributionlandscapecompetitionprecision agriculturesite-specific weed management
Type
Research Article
Information
Weed Science , Volume 54 , Issue 6 , December 2006 , pp. 1113 - 1121
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Copyright © Weed Science Society of America 

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