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Sources of Weed Infestation in Cranberry Fields

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

Walter A. Skroch  and
Malcolm N. Dana
Walter A. Skroch
Affiliation:
Department of Horticultural Science, North Carolina State of the University of North Carolina, Raleigh
Malcolm N. Dana
Affiliation:
Department of Horticulture, University of Wisconsin, Madison
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Abstract

Germinable seeds were non-existent below 4 inches in the undisturbed soils used for cranberry bed development. Seeds were found at greater depths in manipulated soils. The seed in the vines used for planting was a major factor in the infestation of a properly scalped bed. Movement of seeds in water caused an infestation of a weed-free bed. The highest movement of seeds per acre-inch of water flow occurred in September, next highest in October and third highest in April. A relatively weed-free planting was maintained through one season by fumigating the soil for seed eradication, erecting a fine mesh screen exclosure to prevent weed invasion by flood water, and washing the vines prior to planting.

Type
Research Article
Information
Weeds , Volume 13 , Issue 3 , July 1965 , pp. 263 - 267
Copyright
Copyright © 1965 Weed Science Society of America 

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