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... The root systems of 10 common perennial weeds which spread vegetatively are described. Eight of the weeds described propagate by roots and two by rhizomes. The results of the findings in this study are briefly summarized in Table 1. (...). ...
... 1. Serum chlorate apparently penetrates readily all of the external surfaces of the plant with the exception of unusually heavy cuticle or corky layers and may be expected to gain entrance to the plant whether applied to the leaves, to herbaceous stems, to rhizomes, or to roots. 2. The data presented indicate that the movement of sodium chlorate within the plant is principally in the xylem and is ...
... Comparative cost and effectiveness of tillage and chlorates are reported for morning glory, Canada thistle, and perennial sow thistle. Tillage, except for treatments delayed until bloom, was more effective and cost materially less than chlorates. Costs were based on each plowing at $3 an acre, each cultivation at 50 cents an acre, and chlorates at 10 cents a pound, including cost of application. A ...
... Samples of rhizomes from fertilized and unfertilized quack grass, roots of Canada thistle, and field bindweed and crowns of downy brome grass were collected at weekly intervals during the fall. Tests of their ability to endure low temperatures showed that they became more hardy as cold weather came on. Canada thistle was found to be relatively susceptible to injury by freezing. If photosynthesis w ...
... Volatility of atrazine (2-chloro-4-(ethylamino)-6-isopropylamino-s-triazine) from glass, plant, and soil surfaces was determined by passing air above the experimental material through Florisil³ columns. Atrazine volatility was determined by counting the ¹⁴C-atrazine present in the column eluate and that remaining on the treated surfaces. Volatility from 125-ml glass erlenmeyer flasks was influence ...
... SKIDMORE, D. I. & INGRAM, D. S., 1985. Conidial morphology and the specialization of Bremia lactucae Regel (Peronosporaceae) on hosts in the family Compositae. Conidia of Bremia lactucae were collected from Lactuca saliva, Sonchus oleraceus, S. asper, Senecio vulgaris, S. bicolor subsp. cineraria, Cirsium arvense, Centaurea nigra and Picris hieracioides, from a wide distribution in the British Isl ...
... Cirsium arvense (L.) Scop. has been thought to be completely or almost completely dioecious, with clear morphological and functional differences between males that set an average number of less than 0.1 viable seeds per capitulum and females that produce no pollen. An investigation of three populations in southern Britain showed that 15 % of the clones with polleniferous âmaleâ flowers were in ...
... A simple bioassay is described for the response of Meligethes aeneus F. (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) to different plants and plant parts. Assays with non-hibernated beetles showed that (1) cruciferous buds and stamens were greatly preferred to petals and leaves; (2) stamens were most preferred when the quantity of mature pollen was at maximum; (3) anthers were preferred to filaments; (4) stamens from ...
... Four aphid species (Aphis fabae cirsiiacanthoidis Scop., Brachycaudus cardui (L.), Capitophorus carduinus Walker and Uroleucon cirsii (L.)) feed on the creeping thistle Cirsium arvense. They utilize different parts of their host plant and at different times. A wide niche is typical of C. carduinus and U. cirsii, whereas A. f. cirsiiacanthoidis and B. cardui, show narrower but overlapping niches. M ...
Apis mellifera; Araneus diadematus; Argiope bruennichi; Cirsium arvense; Tetragnathidae; beneficial arthropods; body size; ecosystems; habitats; honey bees; meadows; mowing; pests; predators; rain; socioeconomic status; summer; toxic substances; webs; Central European region
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... Estimates of prédation on the honey bee, Apis mellifera L., by a guild of orb‐weaving spiders were made in two different habitats in central Europe. In the first habitat, an abandoned grassland (megaphorbe meadow), honey bees comprised 1 % (by numbers) of the 7480 prey items collected from orb‐webs between May and September. Approximately 99 % of the 72 observed cases of prédation on honey bees to ...
... Glyphosate (N-(phosphonomethyl)glycine] tolerant birdsfoot trefoil (Lotus corniculatus L.) would allow selective herbicide control of Canada thistle [Cirsium arvense (L.) Scop.] and other dicot weeds in seed production fields. The objectives of this research were to determine if recurrent selection can increase the level of glyphosate tolerance in birdsfoot trefoil and if increased glyphosate tole ...
Cirsium arvense; Puccinia; volatile compounds; sexual reproduction; biological control; odors; chemical analysis
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... Fragrance volatiles responsible for the sweet aroma produced when Canada thistle [Cirsium arvense (L.) Scop.] plants are infected with the systemic sexual stage of the Canada thistle rust [Puccinia punctiformis (Strauss) Roehl.], a prospective biological control agent for that weed, have been identified by capillary gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS) after thermal desorption from Tenax. ...
Cirsium arvense; Cassida; weed control; biological control agents; oviposition; Maryland
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... Cassida rubiginosa (Muller) (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) adults laid eggs on Canada thistle where they were released, regardless of thistle density. Densities of C. rubiginosa and plant development varied within a field and between patches of Canada thistle in natural populations. Ramets infected with the rust disease, Puccinia punctiformis (Strauss) Rohl. (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae), were not more ...
... A census was taken of a stand of Canada thistle, Cirsium arvense, in northern Utah throughout the growing seasons of 1991 and 1992 to determine the degree to which this-weed was attacked by the weevil Rhinocyllus conicus, originally introduced to the region to attack musk thistle, Carduus nutans. Overall, the weevil oviposited on 34-37% of Canada thistle flowering stems (both sexes combined) male ...
Cirsium arvense; roots; volatile compounds; spore germination; Puccinia; weed control; biological control; chemical constituents of plants
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... Volatile components of Canada thistle [(Cirsium arvense (L.) Scop.] roots were identified by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. Among 24 compounds identified, there were seven C13 polyacetylenes, seven unsaturated C15-C17 straight-chain hydrocarbons, and five epoxides derived from the C16 and C17 hydrocarbons. The major components are cis-8,9-epoxyheptadeca-1,11,14-triene and 8,9-dihydroxyhepta ...
Cirsium arvense; seeds; roots; volatile compounds; Puccinia; fungal spores; weed control; biological control; chemical constituents of plants
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... Volatiles collected from germinating Canada thistle (Cirsium arvense L.) seeds stimulated germination of the teliospores of the Canada thistle rust organism, Puccinia punctiformis. As thistle seed germination increased to 92% in 7 days, germination of teliospores on 1% agar test plates exposed to the volatiles in the germination chamber increased from 0% to 50%. Seedling volatiles collected on Ten ...
... The infection cycle of the autoecious rust fungus Puccinia punctiformis on the clonal plant Cirsium arvense was described in terms of intensity (amount of pathogen per unit area and used for systemic infection) and extent (area occupied by the pathogen and used for local lesion infection) at four grassland sites in The Netherlands. The incidence of systemic infection was relatively low and systemi ...
... Altica carduorum Guer. (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) populations aggregate on vigorously growing stands of its host, the thistle Cirsium arvense (L.) Scop. (Asteraceae). The beetle needs contact to recognize a Cirsium species and biting to distinguish its host C. arvense. Feeding or mechanical damage on C. arvense, but not other Cirsium species, aggregates the beetles. Also feces from feeding on C. ...
Cassida; reproduction; biological development; Cirsium arvense; Carduus nutans subsp. leiophyllus; Arctium; ambient temperature; biological control agents; weed control; Virginia
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... The reproductive capacity and development of Cassida rubiginosa Muller, a defoliator of Canada thistle, were examined on Canada thistle and musk thistle under field conditions. Field-collected, overwintered females produced 61.1 +/- 29.9 oothecae per individual during a 15-wk period. They showed no preference for oviposition between musk and Canada thistle. Development from egg to adult in field c ...
... Many hypotheses have been developed to explain the adaptive nature of insect galls. One of these, the nutrition hypothesis, states that gall formers have advantages over other insects because gall tissue provides a better (higher quality) food source than unmodified tissue. However, this has rarely been experimentally tested. In a test of this hypothesis, we grew plants of Cirsium arvense (L.) Sco ...
... The relative ozone sensitivities of 25 German native herbaceous plant species, representative of arable field margins or disturbed habitats, were examined over three consecutive growing seasons. Plants were grown from seed, potted into natural soils and exposed in open‐top chambers for the entire season to different ozone‐exposure regimes covering a range of concentrations from <5 to 48 ppb (seaso ...
... Phytophagous insects which feed on the leaves of herbaceous host plants have to adapt their life histories to the fact that protein nitrogen is usually highest in growing tissues in spring. We monitored field populations of larvae and adults of three chrysomelid species (Galeruca tanaceti (L.) (main host Achillea millefolium (L.) Yarrow), Cassida rubiginosa (Mueller) (main host Cirsium arvense (L. ...
infection; Cirsium arvense; relative humidity; air temperature; incidence; leaves; water; conidia; spore germination; appressoria; biological control agents; mycoherbicides
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... Relative humidity (RH), temperature, continuous leaf wetness, and intermittent leaf wetness were evaluated for their influence on conidial germination, appressoria formation, and infection of Canada thistle by Alternaria cirsinoxia. Conidia germinated and formed appressoria at 98% RH, but required at least 100% RH, and preferably free water, to penetrate leaves. In free water, conidia germinated e ...
... The size, location, and variation in time of weed patches within an arable field were analyzed with the ultimate goal of simplifying weed mapping. Annual and perennial weeds were sampled yearly from 1993 to 1997 at 410 permanent grid points in a 1.3-ha no-till field sown to row crops each year. Geostatistical techniques were used to examine the data as follows: (1) spatial structure within years; ...
... 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. (in ...
... If decision-aid software models of weed emergence and growth are ever to help producers better time weed management, these models must be able to predict perennial weed shoot emergence from vegetative propagules. In this research, Cirsium arvense shoot emergence from adventitious root buds in spring was modeled using degree-day heat sums. Fractional C. arvense shoot emergence was best modeled as a ...
... The effects of grazing by cattle and horses on vegetation development were studied in the well‐drained border zone of the Oostvaardersplassen nature reserve, a managed eutrophic wetland in the young Zuidelijk Flevoland polder in The Netherlands. At the start of the study period, 12 yr after the area was enclosed by dykes, the vegetation was dominated by Phragmites australis and tall herbs, particu ...
... This study was conducted to determine the effect of Canada thistle density and the direct and indirect effects of Canada thistle aboveground biomass and N concentration on wheat yield. A 4-yr experiment (1991––1995) with four Canada thistle densities (0, 4, 16, 64 plants m⁻⁻²) was conducted. Initial statistical analysis showed a significant effect of Canada thistle density on wheat yield. Multiple ...
Cirsium arvense; Glycine max; Pseudomonas syringae pv. tagetis; bentazon; biological control; biological control agents; biomass; conservation tillage; crop production; cultural control; field experimentation; imazethapyr; plant pathogenic bacteria; reproduction; soybeans; survival rate; weed control
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... Field experiments were conducted in 1996 and 1997 to evaluate the efficacy of combined cultural and biological weed control for management of Canada thistle in conservation tillage soybean production. For cultural control, we used a highly weed-competitive soybean variety (cv. ‘‘Kato’’). The biological control agent was the phytopathogenic bacterium Pseudomonas syringae pv. tagetis (PST). The appl ...
... We present a mutualism between a stem-boring weevil, Apion onopordi Kirby (Coleoptera: Apionidae), and a rust fungus, Puccinia punctiformis (Str.) Röhl. (Uredinales), both parasites of the creeping thistle, Cirsium arvense (L.) Scop. (Asteraceae). Females, but not males, of A. onopordi induced systemic rust infections of thistle shoots in the season after they were attacked by the weevil, indicati ...
... Field margin weeds may contribute to the invasion and persistence of weeds in arable fields. Experimental studies of this hypothesis, however, have been inconclusive. We examined the role of field margin weed populations with a spatially explicit simulation model of Canada thistle population dynamics. We measured the contribution of field margin populations to weed pressure in the field across a w ...
... Growth chamber and field experiments were conducted to assess the potential of Pseudomonas syringae pv. tagetis (Pst) as a biocontrol agent for Canada thistle. Silwet L-77, an organosilicone surfactant, was required to facilitate Pst penetration into Canada thistle leaves. Growth chamber experiments indicated that maximum Pst populations inside leaves were obtained with a Silwet L-77 concentration ...
... Interactions between plants and their natural enemies are well studied, but investigations on the indirect interactions between plant enemies that simultaneously exploit a host plant are rare. Yet these plant-mediated interactions are important because they may affect not only the impact of plant antagonists on plant survival but may also influence the performance of the other plant exploiters. Th ...
... Interactions between plants and their herbivores and pathogens are mostly analysed separately, thereby neglecting mutualistic or antagonistic interactions between these antagonists and possible joint effects on the host. We studied interactions between the weed Cirsium arvense, the rust fungus Puccinia punctiformis and three herbivorous insects, the aphids Aphis fabae ssp. cirsiiacanthoidis and Ur ...
... Previously undescribed phytoplasmas were detected in diseased plants of dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) exhibiting virescence of flowers, thistle (Cirsium arvense) exhibiting symptoms of white leaf, and a Gaillardia sp. exhibiting symptoms of stunting and phyllody in Lithuania. On the basis of restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) analysis of 16S rDNA amplified in PCR, the dandelion vir ...
... Floral scent, together with visual floral cues, are important signals to adult butterflies searching for food-rewarding plants. To identify which compounds in a floral scent are more attractive and, thus, of biological importance to foraging butterflies, we applied electrophysiological methods. Antennal responses of male and female adults of the tropical butterfly Heliconius melpomene L. (Lepidopt ...
Cirsium arvense; genetic variation; microsatellite repeats; population density; reproduction
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... • Genetic variation was assessed across the UK geographical range of Cirsium acaule and Cirsium heterophyllum. A decline in genetic diversity and increase in population divergence approaching the range edge of these species was predicted based on parallel declines in population density and seed production reported seperately. Patterns were compared with UK populations of the widespread Cirsium arv ...
Cirsium arvense; Convolvulus arvensis; Euphorbia esula; Sonchus arvensis; Centaurea solstitialis; weeds; carbon dioxide; sexual reproduction
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... The response of plant species to future atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations [CO2] has been determined for hundreds of crop and tree species. However, no data are currently available regarding the response of invasive weedy species to past or future atmospheric [CO2]. In the current study, the growth of six species which are widely recognized as among the most invasive weeds in the continenta ...
... Canada thistle and dandelion are troublesome weeds found throughout the northern United States. Carbohydrate concentrations in roots of these plants change in response to freezing temperatures as plants prepare to overwinter. Herbicides applied in the fall provide more effective control of these weeds than does treatment applied in early spring. Experiments were conducted near Scottsbluff, NE, fro ...
... Parasitism may explain the patchy distributions of host populations. The present paper is a study of larval distributions of the parasitoid Eurytoma robusta in galls of the tephritid gall fly Urophora cardui. It focuses on E. robusta's choice of U. cardui gall and whether this changes relative to the rate of parasitism. Oviposition patterns were inferred by direct counts of larvae in galls and gen ...
... Canada thistle [Cirsium arvense (L.) Scop.] is increasing in both frequency and density in Saskatchewan alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) seed fields. Application of preharvest glyphosate is an effective means of controlling Canada thistle in annual crops. This study was conducted to determine the effects of preharvest glyphosate on Canada thistle control and crop tolerance in alfalfa seed fields. Five ...
... Preharvest applications of glyphosate have been shown to be effective in controlling Canada thistle in annual crops, but may reduce alfalfa seed yield depending on time and rate of application. The objective of this study was to determine the effect of preharvest applications of glyphosate on subsequent alfalfa seed yield and quality. The effects of timing, 1, 26, 51 and 76% alfalfa seed pod matur ...
Cirsium arvense; Urophora cardui; correlation; extinction; host plants; phytophagous insects; plant ecology; population ecology; probability; space and time; Germany
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... Plant population biology considers the dynamics of plant modules within stands. However, stands themselves may have considerable regional turnover in space and time. These changes in the number, distribution and size of plant stands generate a dynamic spatial pattern with important implications for the spatial and temporal dynamics of phytophagous insects using these plants as a host. During five ...
Cirsium arvense; asexual reproduction; community structure; habitats; population density; population dynamics; surveys
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... • Patterns in population density and abundance, community composition, seed production and morphological traits were assessed across the UK geographical range of Cirsium acaule, Cirsium heterophyllum and Cirsium arvense based on the expectation that environmental favourability declines from core to periphery of a species range. • These traits were measured in natural populations along a latitudina ...
... The overall objective of this study is to examine the application of arable weeds as indicator organisms of biodiversity in agro-ecosystems to evaluate species conservation effects of management practices. Both investigations of interactions between weeds with heterotrophic consumers and strong overall correlations between the number of weed species and the total species diversity indicate that ar ...
... 1. Recent studies have shown that plant-plant interaction via chemicals (allelopathy) can affect insects. Here the effects on aphid acceptance of barley after exposure to volatiles and root exudates from two common weeds, the thistles Cirsium arvense and Cirsium vulgare, were investigated. 2. Settling by bird cherry-oat aphid, Rhopalosiphum padi, was significantly reduced on barley plants that had ...
... Canada thistle was grown under field conditions in 2000 and 2003 at ambient and elevated (∼∼ 350 μμmol mol⁻⁻¹ above ambient) carbon dioxide [[CO₂]] to assess how rising [[CO₂]] alters growth, biomass allocation, and efficacy of the postemergent herbicide glyphosate. By the time of glyphosate application, approximately 2 mo after emergence, elevated CO₂ had resulted in significant increases in both ...
... PPV is polyphagous and very epidemic. Apart from cultivated and wild Prunus species several other woody and herbaceous species have been identified as PPV hosts under experimental and to a lesser extent also under field conditions. The role of weed species in the spread of PPV is poorly understood. In order to study the importance of weed species as a possible reservoir of PPV, 548 samples of weed ...
... This ecophysiological research on the ash deposits from the “Nikola Tesla–A” thermal power station in Serbia covered 10 plant species (Tamarix gallica, Populus alba, Spiraea van-hauttei, Ambrosia artemisifolia, Amorpha fruticosa, Eupatorium cannabinum, Crepis setosa, Epilobium collinum, Verbascum phlomoides, and Cirsium arvense). This paper presents the results of a water regime analysis, photosyn ...
... The effects of the fungal protein Nep1 and Pseudomonas syringae pv. tagetis (Pst) applied separately or in combination on Canada thistle, common ragweed, and common dandelion were examined in growth chamber experiments. Experiments examined five treatments: (1) untreated control, (2) Silwet L-77 (0.3%%, v/v) control, (3) Nep1 (5 μμg ml⁻⁻¹) plus Silwet L-77 (0.3%%, v/v), (4) Pst (10⁹ colony-forming ...
... Creeping or Canada thistle (Cirsium arvense (L.) Scop.) is a perennial weed of Eurasian origin that arrived in North America as early as the 1700s (3). Spreading by seeds and rhizomes, it is now widely distributed in Canada, Alaska, and 40 other states. It is apparently absent from Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, and South Carolina (1). Powdery mildew is common ...
Ceutorhynchus litura; Cirsium arvense; biological control agents; fructans; growing season; insects; larvae; leaves; perennial weeds; roots; shoots; sugars; summer; Canada; United States
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... Canada thistle is a serious perennial weed found throughout the northern regions of the United States and Canada. The weevil, Ceutorhynchus litura (F.), was first released in Canada in 1965 as a potential biological control agent for Canada thistle; however, its impact as a control agent has been sporadic. The objective of this study was to characterize C. litura impacts on the carbohydrate profil ...
... In plant pathology, a thorough understanding of pathogen-host-environment interactions is required to develop disease control methods that will be detrimental to the pathogen and ultimately protect the plant. The same disease-conducive conditions can be utilized in a nontraditional way, as with the bioherbicide approach to weed control, to benefit the pathogen and cause harm to the plant. Potentia ...
... A polymerase chain reaction (PCR) protocol that can be used to distinguish Pseudomonas syringae pv. tagetis from other P. syringae pathovars, including those that induce apical chlorosis in several plants of the Asteracaea family and in pea, and closely related P. savastanoi pathovars was developed based on DNA sequences from P. syringae pv. tagetis that are required for tagetitoxin synthesis. PCR ...
... Production systems based on reduced-tillage practices account for over 60%% of the cropped land on the Canadian Prairies. Concerns have been expressed regarding potential shifts in weed communities as a result of changing tillage practices. Study objectives were to (1) determine the feasibility of combining and analyzing weed abundance data from 10 medium- to long-term studies on the Canadian Prai ...
... A 6-yr project comparing four cash grain––farming systems relevant to the mid-Atlantic region of the United States was conducted from 1993 to 1999. A wide range of parameters was sampled including soil health, nutrient and agrichemical movement, economic viability, and insect and weed communities. The systems and their approaches to weed management were: continuous no-till corn without (System A1) ...
... Aphis fabae Scopoli consists of a complex of closely related host plant-associated forms. This system offers insights into speciation and the determinants of plant use in an important insect pest, but concerted study of the complex requires identification of clones with different plant preference that can potentially exchange genes. This study presents a series of hybridizations between clones col ...
... The mechanism of acetolactate synthase (ALS) resistance to the inhibitory action of sulfonylurea is due to the selection of R1 and R2 biotypes of C. arvense with modified form of the ALS enzyme. They are less susceptible to the inhibition of sulfonylurea, but still functional. There was no significant difference between the susceptible and sulfonylurea-resistant biotypes in absorption and transloc ...
... On the basis of allelopathic properties of donor plants, viz. Cirsium arvense (L.) Scop., Barbarea vulgaris R. Br., Fumaria officinalis L., preparation technology of herbicide like phytoregulators with active substances – polycomponent mixtures of phenolic compounds. Chemical composition of above-mentioned plants has been investigated at the first time. At that the compounds of lipid and phenolic ...