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Using noxious weed lists to prioritize targets for developing weed management strategies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Kerri Skinner ,
Lincoln Smith  and
Peter Rice
Lincoln Smith
Affiliation:
USDA-ARS Northern Plains Agricultural Research Laboratory, 1500 N. Central Avenue, Sidney, MT 59270
Peter Rice
Affiliation:
Division of Biological Sciences, University of Montana, Missoula, MT 59812
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Abstract

To identify the most commonly regulated weedy plants in the United States and southern Canada, we compiled a database of noxious weed lists obtained from the 48 continental states and six bordering provinces. The 10 most frequently listed weeds are Cirsium arvense, Carduus nutans, Lythrum spp. (includes purple loosestrife), Convolvulus arvensis, Euphorbia esula, Acroptilon repens, Sorghum spp. (includes johnsongrass and shattercane), Cardaria spp. (includes hoary cress, also called whitetop), Centaurea maculosa, and Sonchus arvensis. When genera are ranked, the top genus is Centaurea, which includes C. maculosa, C. diffusa, and C. solstitalis. Biological control programs have targeted many of the top dicotyledonous weeds of national concern, but none of the weedy grasses and sedges. We recommend that exploratory studies be initiated to determine the feasibility of developing biological control agents for the latter species. The complete database of noxious weed lists is available on the Internet at http://invader.dbs.umt.edu. This information may be useful to resource managers and regulatory officials in assessing which weeds are problematic in adjacent geographic areas and by researchers to help select which weeds to target with new management strategies.

Keywords

Acroptilon repens (L.) DC. CENRE, Russian knapweedCardaria draba (L.) Desv. CADDR, hoary cressCarduus nutans L. CRUNU, musk thistleCentaurea diffusa Lam. CENDI, diffuse knapweedCentaurea maculosa Lam. CENMA, spotted knapweedCentaurea solstitialis L. CENSO, yellow starthistleCirsium arvense (L.) Scop. CIRAR, Canada thistleConvolvulus arvensis L. CONAR, field bindweedEuphorbia esula L. EPHES, leafy spurgeLythrum salicaria L. LYTSA, purple loosestrifeSonchus arvensis L. SONAR, perennial sowthistleSorghum bicolor (L.) Moench SORVU, shattercaneSorghum halepense (L.) Pers. SORHA, johnsongrassWeed regulationprioritizationdatabaseCADDRCENDICENMACENRECENSOCIRARCONARCRUNUEPHESLYTSASONARSORHASORVU
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Research Article
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Weed Science , Volume 48 , Issue 5 , October 2000 , pp. 640 - 644
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Copyright © Weed Science Society of America 

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