The effect of establishment method and seed mixture composition on dock (Rumex crispus L.) establishment

Abstract

A field trial with the aim to evaluate establishment methods and seed mixture was established in 2009-2010. Seeds of Rumex crispus L. were sown into all plots before the establishment of the ley crop. The ley crop was harvested three times in 2011. Plant numbers of R. crisp us were counted in a sub-plot in spring and in the autumn of 2011, and visually scored before each harvest. The number of established R. crispus plants was reduced by up to 50% in treatments where the ley was undersown in barley grown to maturity, compared to establishment methods where the nurse crop did not provide a full cover over the summer.

Keywords

Rumex spp.; establishment method

Published in

Grassland Science in Europe
2012, volume: 17, pages: 106-108
Title: Grassland - a European Resource? Proceedings of the 24th General Meeting of the European Grassland Federation, edtied by Piotr Goliński, Marianna Warda, Piotr Stypiński
Publisher: Organizing committee ot the 24th General Meeting of the European Grassland Federation

Conference

24th General Meeting of the European-Grassland-Federation, JUN 03-07, 2012, Lublin, POLAND

SLU Authors

• Frankow-Lindberg, Bodil

  • Department of Crop Production Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

UKÄ Subject classification

Agricultural Science

Publication identifier

• ISBN: 978-83-89250-77-3

Permanent link to this page (URI)

https://res.slu.se/id/publ/42060