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Seasonal Variation in Sprouting and Available Carbohydrate in Yellow Nutsedge Tubers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

R. B. Taylorson
R. B. Taylorson*
Affiliation:
Crops Research Division, Agricultural Research Service, U. S. Department of Agriculture, Tifton, Georgia
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Abstract

Two morphological types of tubers of yellow nutsedge (Cyperus esculentus L.) were collected over a 2-year period and were sprouted in the laboratory. Tuber dormancy occurred during late summer and early fall. Sprouting was highest during the winter and spring. Mechanical disturbance of the nutsedge stand increased tuber sprouting. Available carbohydrates followed a pattern similar to sprouting; minimum levels were found during late summer. The two types of tubers appeared to be similar in respect to the characteristics studied.

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Research Article
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Weeds , Volume 15 , Issue 1 , January 1967 , pp. 22 - 24
Copyright
Copyright © 1967 Weed Science Society of America 

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