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Exploiting Weed Seed Dormancy and Germination Requirements through Agronomic Practices

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

William E. Dyer
William E. Dyer*
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Plant, Soil and Environmental Sci. Dep., Montana State Univ., Bozeman, MT 59717-0312
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Abstract

Many common agronomic practices affect weed seed dormancy and germination by influencing the microenvironmental and edaphic conditions surrounding seeds in soil. Factors such as light penetration, soil water content, soil fertility, and temperature are modified by tillage, planting, harvesting, and other production practices, resulting in enhanced or depressed weed seed germination. Changes in these environmental factors may also indirectly lead to alterations in phytohormone concentrations during seed development, which can subsequently affect dormancy status of the mature seed. Integrated approaches that place priority on depleting weed seed banks through interfering with dormancy or germination requirements have strong potential to enhance weed management aspects of agricultural systems.

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Mouseearcress (Arabidopsis thaliana L. Heynh)barley (Hordeum vulgare L.)common lambsquarters (Chenopodium album L.)curly dock (Rumex crispus L.)giant foxtail (Setaria faberi Herrm.)hairy vetch (Vicia villosa Roth)rough stalk bluegrass (Poa trivialis L.)prostrate knot-weed (Polygonum aviculare L.)red brome (Bromus rubens L.)red rice (Oryza sativa L.)red sorrel (Rumex acetosella L.)redroot pigweed (Amaranthus retroflexus L.)rye (Secale cereale L.)silvergrass (Vulpia spp.)sulfur cinquefoil (Potentilla recta L.)wild oats (Avena fatua L.)witch weed (Striga asiatica (L.) Kuntze)Cultivationedaphic factorsseed physiology

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Weed Science , Volume 43 , Issue 3 , September 1995 , pp. 498 - 503
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Copyright © 1995 by the Weed Science Society of America 

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