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Small broomrape (Orobanche minor) germination and early development in response to plant species

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Kyle C. Ross ,
Jed B. Colquhoun  and
Carol A. Mallory-Smith
Kyle C. Ross
Affiliation:
Department of Crop and Soil Science, 107 Crop Science Building, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331-3002
Carol A. Mallory-Smith
Affiliation:
Department of Crop and Soil Science, 107 Crop Science Building, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331-3002
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Abstract

Small broomrape, a holoparasitic weed, was recently introduced to the Pacific Northwest and contaminates a limited number of red clover fields in Oregon. Greenhouse and field studies were conducted to evaluate small broomrape response to common crop and weed species in the Pacific Northwest, and to evaluate a quick-screening method for plant species response to the parasite. In greenhouse studies, plants were grown in a hydroponic polyethylene bag system to allow for continuous visibility of their roots and monitoring of small broomrape seed germination and tubercle development. Results of the greenhouse study were validated in a field contaminated with small broomrape. In the greenhouse polyethylene bag study, small broomrape germinated and tubercles developed on alfalfa, arrowleaf clover, carrot, celery, crimson clover, lettuce, prickly lettuce, red clover, spotted catsear, subterranean clover, white clover, and wild carrot. Small broomrape germinated but did not develop tubercles when grown with barley, birdsfoot trefoil, common vetch, creeping bentgrass, cucumber, field corn, red fescue, flax, Italian ryegrass, nasturtium, oats, orchardgrass, perennial ryegrass, snap bean, sugar pea, sunflower, sweet corn, tall fescue, tomato, and wheat. In the field study, tubercles developed on alfalfa, arrowleaf clover, common vetch, crimson clover, red clover, subterranean clover, and white clover, but small broomrape flower stalks did not emerge in arrowleaf clover or crimson clover. Common vetch was a host for small broomrape in the field study but not in the hydroponic polyethylene bag system, thus, caution is warranted in using the quick screening method to elucidate potential small broomrape host species.

Keywords

Curly dock, Rumex crispus L. RUMCRwild carrot, Daucus carota L. DAUCAalfalfa, Medicago sativa L. MEDSAbarley, Hordeum vulgare L. HORVXcarrot, Daucus carota L. DAUCScelery, Apium graveolens L. AOUGDcommon vetch, Vicia sativa L. VICSAcucumber, Cucumis sativus L. CUMSAfield corn, Zea mays L. ZEAMAflax, Linum usitatissimum L. LIUUTlettuce, Lactuca sativa L. LACSAnasturtium, Tropaeolum majus L. TOPMAoats, Avena sativa L. AVESAorchardgrass, Dactylis glomerata L. DACGLred clover, Trifolium pratense L. TRFPRred fescue, Festuca rubra L. FESRUsmall broomrape, Orobanche minor Sm. ORAMIsnap bean, Phaseolus vulgaris L. PHSVNsugar pea, Pisium sativum L. PIBSTsunflower, Helianthus annuus L. HELANsweet corn, Zea mays L. ZEAMStomato, Lycopersicon esculentum Mill. LYPESwheat, Triticum aestivum L. TRZAWwhite clover, Trifolium repens L. TRFREParasitic weedhost analysisfalse host
Type
Weed Biology and Ecology
Information
Weed Science , Volume 52 , Issue 2 , April 2004 , pp. 260 - 266
Copyright
Copyright © Weed Science Society of America 

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