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Competitive Mechanisms of Common Cocklebur (Xanthium strumarium) and Soybean (Glycine max) During Seedling Growth

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

Robert C. Bozsa
Affiliation:
Dep. Agron., Univ. Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR 72703
Lawrence R. Oliver
Affiliation:
Dep. Agron., Univ. Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR 72703

Abstract

Experiments were conducted in the greenhouse and growth chamber to evaluate competitive mechanisms of soybean and common cocklebur during seedling growth. Soybean was approximately 1.5 to 2 times taller and was more competitive aboveground than common cocklebur during the first few weeks of growth. Common cocklebur had an approximate 20 to 50% finer root system and was more competitive belowground than soybean during early growth.

Type
Weed Biology and Ecology
Copyright
Copyright © 1990 by the Weed Science Society of America 

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