Abstract Complaints of control failures with acetolactate synthase (ALS)- and protoporphyrinogen oxidase (PPO)-inhibiting herbicides on redroot pigweed ( Amaranthus retroflexus L.) were reported in conventional soybean [ Glycine max (L.) Merr.] fields North Carolina. Greenhouse dose–response assays confirmed that the Camden County Pasquotank populations less sensitive to ALS- PPO-inhibiting com...

Amaranthus retroflexus L. (Amaranthaceae), Redroot pigweed, is native to North America, but has become a weed of agriculture worldwide. Previous research into competition with food crops found it significantly reduces yields. Additionally, taxonomy, biomass allocation, physiological responses light intensity, water stress, elevated CO2, and herbicide resistance have been investigated. To extend...

in order to study the effect of different redroot pigweed (amaranthus retroflexus) density on yield, yield components of soybean cultivar and determining competitive cultivar, a field experiment was carried out at mazandaran agricultural research station 2006. experiment was set up at a randomized complete block design with five rates of pigweed (0, 4, 8, 12 and 16 plant per square meter) and t...

The rate of CO(2) reduction in the S-triazine-resistant biotype of smooth pigweed (Amaranthus hybridus L.) was lower at all levels of irradiance than the rate of CO(2) reduction in the susceptible biotype. The intent of this study was to determine whether or not the lower rates of CO(2) reduction are a direct consequence of the same factors which confer triazine resistance. The quantum yield of...

We attempted to confirm that seed banks can be viewed as an important genetic reservoir by testing the hypothesis that standing (aboveground) plants represent a nonrandom sample of the seed bank. We sampled multilocus allozyme genotypes from three species with different life history strategies: Amaranthus retroflexus, Carduus acanthoides, Pastinaca sativa. In four populations of each species we...

This study aims to determine the allelopathic potential of Amaranthus retroflexus (Ar) with different climatic zones on seed germination and growth of A. tricolor (At) treated with a gradient N addition. Ar leaf extracts only displayed significantly allelopathic potential on the underground growth of Ar but not the aboveground growth of At. The allelopathic potential of Ar leaf extracts on root...

In anaerobic soil disinfestation (ASD), amended with a carbon source undergoes conditions accompanied by changes in microbial community composition and an increase the concentration of organic acids, primarily acetic butyric gases that are deleterious to plant pathogens, insects, potentially weeds. The purpose this study was explore efficacy ASD different sources on inactivation propagules vari...