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Waterlogging Influence on Roughstalk Bluegrass (Poa trivialis) and Tall Fescue Germination

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 October 2017

Mingyang Liu*
Affiliation:
Graduate Student, Associate Professor, and Professor, Department of Crop and Soil Science, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331
Andrew Hulting
Affiliation:
Graduate Student, Associate Professor, and Professor, Department of Crop and Soil Science, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331
Carol Mallory-Smith
Affiliation:
Graduate Student, Associate Professor, and Professor, Department of Crop and Soil Science, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331
*
*Corresponding author’s E-mail: Mingyang.Liu@oregonstate.edu

Abstract

Oregon’s Willamette Valley is the major cool-season, grass-seed-production area in the world. Roughstalk bluegrass (RB) is a weed in waterlogged, grass-seed-crop fields. Growth chamber and greenhouse studies were conducted to determine the influence of waterlogging on the germination and establishment of RB and tall fescue (TF). Oxygen deficiency resulted in a germination delay in both species, but was greater for TF. Oxygen deficiency at 20 and 30 C was greater for TF compared to RB. Simulated waterlogging for 28 d reduced aboveground biomass more for RB (58%) than for TF (46%), but did not influence seedling survival. Compared to TF, the influence of waterlogging on RB was greater during early establishment. These responses may help RB maintain its germination rate while reducing the damage caused by the accumulation of toxic fermentation-metabolites during waterlogging which benefits RB in competition with TF, especially under high temperatures.

Type
Weed Biology and Competition
Copyright
© Weed Science Society of America, 2017 

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Footnotes

Associate Editor for this paper: Patrick E. McCullough, University of Georgia.

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