Weeds compete with commercial crops for nutrients, water, and light. Competition from weeds is particularly important in container crops due to the crops’ limited root volume. Weeds also harbor insects, disease organisms, and vertebrate pests. Marketable nursery crops must be free of weed,
insect, and pathogen pests.
Seed production varies greatly among and within weed species in part due to environmental variability between years, competition from
neighboring plants, and genetic variability. For example, while Canada thistle has been observed to produce as few as 680 seeds per plant, curly dock often produces more than 30,000 seeds per...
Las malas hierbas compiten con las plantas cultivadas para el agua, la luz, y los nutrientes. Algunas también abrigan insectos y enfermedades que pueden dañar las plantas. Si usted controla las malas hierbas, sus plantas tendrán más oportunidad de crecer bien y producir a su
potencial. Hay varios métodos de...
Experiments were conducted to determine the influence of cultural management practices on weed growth in nursery containers. Experiments 1 and 2 evaluated the effects of dolomitic lime rate and application method on substrate pH, creeping woodsorrel (Oxalis corniculata L.) establishment in containers, and growth of azalea (Rhododendron ‘Rosebud’) and pieris...