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Effect of canopy cover, seeding depth, and soil moisture on emergence of Centaurea maculosa and C. diffusa *
Author(s) -
SPEARS B. M.,
ROSE S. T.,
BELLES W. S.
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
weed research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.693
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1365-3180
pISSN - 0043-1737
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-3180.1980.tb00049.x
Subject(s) - seeding , canopy , environmental science , agronomy , seedling , centaurea , water content , forestry , biology , botany , geography , asteraceae , geology , geotechnical engineering
Summary: The effects of canopy cover, seeding depth, and soil moisture on emergence of Centaurea maculosa Lam. and C. diffusa Lam. were studied. Canopy cover had no effect on ermergence rate (seedlings/day/100 seeds) of either species. Seeds of both species emerged faster when placed on the soil surface. Emergence rate decreased as seeding depth increased. Both species required more than 55% initial soil moisture to initiate emergence, with 65–70% being optimum. Percentage emergence followed exactly the same trend as emergence rate. C. maculosa had better emergence characteristics over a wider range of conditions than C. diffusa , possibly being some of the reasons for the former having a wider geographical distribution in the United States and Canada.