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Growth and Development of Quackgrass (Agropyron repens) Biotypes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

P. H. Westra  and
D. L. Wyse
P. H. Westra
Affiliation:
Dep. Agron. and Plant Genetics, Univ. of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN 55108
D. L. Wyse
Affiliation:
Dep. Agron. and Plant Genetics, Univ. of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN 55108
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Abstract

Greenhouse and field experiments (at Rosemount and Roseau, Minnesota) were conducted to characterize the growth and development of 10 quackgrass [Agropyron repens (L.) Beauv.] biotypes selected near Roseau, Minnesota. The biotypes were highly variable for all traits studied. Eight of the biotypes had flag leaves approximately 1 cm wide, but two biotypes had flag leaves approximately 1.5 cm wide. Four biotypes were glaucous and blue-green in color, and the other biotypes varied from light to dark green and had varying leaf pubescence. In the field, plant height varied from 59 to 79 cm, and rhizome length varied from 105 to 135 cm. Spike production varied from 4 to 62 spikes per plant, and mid-season rhizome bud production varied from 246 to 1,211 buds, suggesting that the biotypes varied in their reproductive potential. Shoot dry weight varied from 48 to 362 g per plant, and daughter shoot production varied from 7 to 235 shoots per plant. The quackgrass near Roseau, Minnesota, appears to be made up of several distinct biotypes.

Keywords

Ecotypesperennial grassrhizomesblind shoot
Type
Research Article
Information
Weed Science , Volume 29 , Issue 1 , January 1981 , pp. 44 - 52
Copyright
Copyright © 1981 by the Weed Science Society of America 

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