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Soil Water Relations of Silverleaf Nightshade (Solanum elaeagnifolium) with Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

J. D. Green ,
Don S. Murray  and
John F. Stone
J. D. Green
Affiliation:
Dep. Agron., Oklahoma State Univ., Stillwater, OK 74078
Don S. Murray
Affiliation:
Dep. Agron., Oklahoma State Univ., Stillwater, OK 74078
John F. Stone
Affiliation:
Dep. Agron., Oklahoma State Univ., Stillwater, OK 74078
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Abstract

Dryland and irrigated field experiments were established to measure differences in soil water relations throughout the growing season between plots in which cotton was grown with and without silverleaf nightshade interference. Soil moisture readings were taken weekly at 15-cm increments to a maximum depth of 120 and 150 cm during 1984 and 1985, respectively. When cotton was grown with silverleaf nightshade, soil water loss was greater at the lower portion of the soil profile earlier in the growing season than when cotton was grown alone. In the irrigated environment in 1985 when precipitation was higher than normal and the soil moisture content remained above normal, soil water loss did not differ. Cotton lint yield, plant height, and boll size reflected the amount of soil moisture available for growth and development of the crop. A statistical technique for quantifying soil water relations between the crop growing alone and growing with interference from the weed is demonstrated.

Keywords

Cotton, Gossypium hirsutum L. ‘Paymaster 145’silverleaf nightshade, Solanum elaeagnifolium Cav. # SOLELCompetitioninterferencesoil water utilizationvolumetric soil watersoil moisturesoil water depletionSOLEL
Type
Weed Biology and Ecology
Information
Weed Science , Volume 36 , Issue 6 , November 1988 , pp. 740 - 746
Copyright
Copyright © 1988 by the Weed Science Society of America 

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