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Competitive Grasses for Leafy Spurge (Euphorbia esula) Reduction

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

Rodney G. Lym  and
Dwight A. Tober
Rodney G. Lym
Affiliation:
Plant Science Department, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND 58105
Dwight A. Tober
Affiliation:
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resource Conservation Service (USDA NRCS), Bismarck, ND 58504
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Abstract

Twelve grass genotypes were evaluated for competitiveness with leafy spurge and herbage yield in two sites in North Dakota. ‘Rebound’ smooth brome, ‘Rodan’ western wheatgrass, ‘Bozoisky’ Russian wildrye, and ‘Arthur’ Dahurian wildrye reduced leafy spurge stem density an average of 63% after 3 yr in a silty clay soil at Fargo. ‘Reliant’ intermediate wheatgrass reduced leafy spurge stem density every year for 3 yr, including an 85% reduction the second year after planting, and consistently produced high herbage yields. Rebound smooth brome and Reliant intermediate wheatgrass averaged 72% leafy spurge reduction 3 yr after seeding in a loamy sand soil at Jamestown. Reliant intermediate wheatgrass and ‘Manska’ pubescent wheatgrass provided the most consistent herbage production, which averaged about 2,000 kg/ha annually for 3 yr.

Keywords

Smooth brome, Bromus inermis Leysswestern wheatgrass, Pascopyron smithii (Rydb.) A. LoveRussian wildrye and Dahurian wildrye, Psathyrostachys juncea (Fisch.) NevskiDahurian wildrye, Elymus dahuricus Turczintermediate and pubescent wheatgrass, Elytrigia intermedia (Host) Nevski, leafy spurge, Euphorbia esula L. # EPHESRangeland weed controlintegrated plant managementcultural controlintegrated control
Type
Research
Information
Weed Technology , Volume 11 , Issue 4 , December 1997 , pp. 787 - 792
Copyright
Copyright © 1997 by the Weed Science Society of America 

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