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Interference with Loblolly Pine (Pinus taeda) Seedling Growth by Three Grass Species

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

Albert E. Smith
Albert E. Smith*
Affiliation:
Agron. Dep., Univ. Ga., Griffin, GA 30223
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Abstract

The growth of loblolly pine seedlings was reduced by interference from bermudagrass, tall fescue, and broomsedge. The order for treatment influence on pine seedling growth rate measurements was tall fescue > bermudagrass > broomsedge > weed free for the 2-yr study. The increase in height of seedlings for the weed free, broomsedge, bermudagrass, and tall fescue was 4.1, 2.9, 1.9, and 1.1 cm/month, respectively; and the average increase in seedling stem diameter was 1.3, 0.5, 0.4, and 0.2 mm/month, respectively.

Keywords

Loblolly pine, Pinus taeda L. ♯3 PIUTDtall fescue, Festuca arundinacea Schreb. ♯ FESARbermudagrass, Cynodon dactylon (L.)Pers. ♯ CYNDAbroomsedge, Andropogon virginicus L. ♯ ANOVIPlant competitionallelopathyagroforestrysite preparationANOVICYNDAFESARPIUTD
Type
Research
Information
Weed Technology , Volume 3 , Issue 4 , December 1989 , pp. 696 - 698
Copyright
Copyright © 1989 by the Weed Science Society of America 

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