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... Several factors, singly or synergistically, may influence the behavior of weedy species under conditions of intraspecific competition. The species studied were Bromus inermis, B. tectorum, Capsella bursa—pastoris, Conyza canadensis, Plantago lanceolata, P. major, Senecio sylvaticus, S. viscosus, and Silene anglica. Some or all of the species were subjected to conditions of intraspecific competitio ...
... Winter annuals usually germinate in summer and fall, overwinter as vegetative rosettes, and then dominate 1—yr fields, suppressing spring—germinated summer annuals. Net photosynthetic response to light and temperature of Erigeron canadensis, E. annuus, Rorippa sessiliflora, Capsella bursa—pastoris, and Lactuca scariola were measured three times during the year. Optimum temperature for photosynthes ...
... Establishment of alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) alone rather than with an oat (Avena sativa L.) companion crop usually results in a reduction in dry matter production. Use of herbicides far weed control during alfalfa seedling establishment also reduces yield since weeds are harvested along with the alfalfa and contribute to forage yield. Thus, if there are benefits from seeding alfalfa alone using ...
... Oviposition by Pieris rapae L. on cabbage was deterred by homogenized cabbage tissue sprayed onto intact plants. Ether extracts of cabbage also were deterrent, but water extracts were not. Hexane extracts of other host plants deterred oviposition and water extracts had little or no effect. Polar as well as non-polar extracts of non-host plants inhibited oviposition. Polar deterrents in the non-hos ...
... The interactions between seeds in the soil are poorly understood. We performed greenhouse experiments to investigate the effects of seed density, relative frequency, and relative planting date on the emergence of seedlings in the species Senecio vulgaris, Capsella bursa—pastoris, and Poa annua. We found that for both Poa and Senecio, the probability of emergence significantly decreased with an inc ...
... The spatial pattern of plants in one generation may alter the competitive interactions between plants in two ways: (1) it may affect the survival or fecundity of competing individuals in that generation, or (2) it may influence the success of seedlings in the following generation. I performed field experiments, spanning two generations, that allowed me to measure how the spatial pattern of the gra ...
... Before attachment to the host (Capsella bursa pastoris L. Med), the root hemiparasite Melampyrum arvense L. can live during a few weeks in an autotrophic-like way (the preparasitic stage) but its growth is very poor. The attachment of the hemiparasite to the host plant induced a series of significant changes, chiefly connected with solute content, osmolality, and stomatal physiology, which were qu ...
... Commercial canola (Brassica napus) crops and cruciferous weeds growing nearby were sampled periodically in 1992 and 1993 for Leptosphaeria maculans, the causal agent of blackleg disease. A virulent (Lm-VIR) and a weakly virulent (Puget Sound: Lm-PS) strain were prevalent in most fields in symptomless petioles and stems of canola from the start of sampling at plant growth stage (GS) 2.4 (rosette) t ...
... Three distinct and highly predictable green peach aphid (GPA) (Myzus persicae) flights that occur seasonally in the spring, summer, and fall were detected at a southern, central, and northern location in the Columbia Basin of the Northwestern United States. Intensity and timing of the flights was approximately the same at the three locations. Timing and number of alatae captured in the spring and ...
... The herbaceous dicot species Capsella bursa-pastoris (Cruciferae) was used to determine the influence of chronic mechanical perturbation on the biomass allocation pattern (i.e. dry weight distribution among roots, stems and reproductive structures) and the mechanical properties of roots and stems (i.e. tensile breaking stress and Young's modulus). It was hypothesized that mechanically stimulated p ...
... The potential of herbaceous weeds commonly growing in or adjacent to cucurbit crops to serve as alternate hosts and overwintering reservoirs of Erwinia tracheiphila, a causal agent of cucurbit wilt, was investigated. Methods for isolation, maintenance, long-term storage, and detection of E. tracheiphila from infected plants were developed. E. tracheiphila was consistently detected by enzyme-linked ...
Ageratum conyzoides; Boraginaceae; Capsella bursa-pastoris; Datura stramonium; Galinsoga; Senecio; Spergula arvensis; Stellaria media; Tagetes minuta; human population; introduced plants; weeds; Eastern Africa; South America
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... The invasion process was documented from data on the labels of specimens stored in the East African Herbarium at the National Museums of Kenya. We analysed data from seven abundant alien plant species: Ageratum conyzoides L. (Asteraceae), Capsella bursa-pastoris (L.) Med. (Brassicaceae), Datura stramonium L. (Solanaceae), Galinsoga parviflora Cav. (Asteraceae), Tagetes minuta L. (Asteraceae), Sper ...
... Food choice trials with the slug pests Arion lusitanicus and Deroceras reticulatum were carried out in the laboratory, using seedlings of rape, Brassica napus and several weed species. The attraction of the weeds to the slugs was compared with rape and, subsequently, the potential of the presence of weeds to reduce slug feeding on young rape was assessed. Capsella bursa-pastoris and Taraxacum offi ...
... Fertile rooted plantlets were recovered from leaf mesophyll protoplasts of Capsella bursa-pastoris. Protoplasts cultured over a feeder layer of Brassica napus cells produced 221 colonies, 7 of which regenerated multiple plantlets. The nuclear DNA content of most regenerates varied from 0.89 to 1.0 pg/nucleus, close to the value for seed-grown C. bursa-pastoris (0.94+/-0.03 pg/nucleus). Two regener ...
... Few studies report animal grazing effects on weed populations. A study was conducted to assess weed populations in annual and perennial forage grasses grazed at various intensities by cattle over a 4-yr period. The perennial forages were Bromus inermis and Bromus riparius, and the annual forages were winter Triticosecale and a mixture of Hordeum vulgare and winter Triticosecale. With few exception ...
... Unique long-term historical emergence records were used to assess the association between weed seedling emergence and various elements of meteorological data. These elements included both temperature-based and rainfall-related variables in the 7-d periods before and during which emergence occurred. Five weed species (Stellaria media, Chenopodium album, Capsella bursa-pastoris, Matricaria perforata ...
geographical distribution; random amplified polymorphic DNA technique; flowering; loci; phenotype; ecotypes; pleiotropy; Capsella bursa-pastoris; introduced species; chromosome mapping; leaves; weeds; provenance; linkage (genetics); allozymes; heritability; genetic markers; quantitative traits; California
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... Capsella bursa-pastoris(Brassicaceae) is an annual to biennial predominantly autogamous species distributed worldwide. Using a linkage map with RAPDs and isozymes we studied quantitative trait loci (QTL) controlling phenotypic traits in this invasive species. To obtain a mapping population we crossed two plants occurring in different climatic regions in California, USA (Central Valley and Sierra N ...
... Food requirements of the larvae of nine closely related species of the genus Amara (Coleoptera: Carabidae) were studied in the laboratory. Mealworms, a mixed diet of mealworms and oat flakes, and seeds of Capsella bursa-pastoris and Stellaria media were offered as food. Survival and developmental rate were monitored daily from the 1st larval instar. Amara aenea is omnivorous while A. similata and ...
... We characterized the size and species composition of the weed seedbank after 35 yr of continuous crop rotation and tillage system treatments at two locations in Ohio. Spring seedbanks were monitored during 1997, 1998, and 1999 in continuous corn (CCC), corn––soybean (CS), and corn––oats––hay (COH) rotations in moldboard plow (MP), chisel plow (CP), and no-tillage (NT) plots where the same herbicid ...
... Differential morphological sensitivity of weed species to ultraviolet-B (UV-B) radiation (290-320 nm) may alter competitive relationships among weeds and associated crop species as the level of this radiation changes. In order to determine relative sensitivity of common chickweed [Stellaria media (L.) Vill.], green foxtail (Setaria viridis L.), lady's-thumb (Polygonum persicaria L.), lamb's-quarte ...
... The possibility of Plum pox potyvirus (PPV) to infect weed species under field condition is investigated. The investigation includes species, forming the weed association along the row of plum and apricot orchards, where trees affected by PPV are founded. By DAS ELISA Method Veronica hederifolia L., Lamum amplexicaule L., Capsella bursa-pastoris L., Taraxacum officinale Webir, Lactuca serriola L., ...
... Results of a chemical weed control trial in ten years old oil olive orchard (cv Nociara), ocated at Francavilla Fontana (Brindisi) in southern Italy are reported. The aim of the trial was to test the effectiveness of some herbicide treatments. Thesis compared were: a) pre-emergence distribution of azafenidin (an active ingredient that isn't yet registered in Italy) at different doses (200-240 and ...
... We have isolated a homolog of the Arabidopsis thaliana IAA amidohydrolase ILR1 from the related species Arabidopsis suecica. Employing PCR primers targeted to the 5' and 3' untranslated regions of ILR1, A. suecica produced an amplified, genomic product (sILR1) of 2027 bp. The cloned sILR1 gene was sequenced, and the DNA homology between sILR1 and ILR1 found to be 98%. The sILR1 cDNA was isolated u ...
... Capsella is a small genus within the mustard family (Brassicaceae). Its three species, however, show many evolutionary trends also observed in other Brassicaceae (including Arabidopsis) and far beyond, including transitions from a diploid, self-incompatible, obligatory outcrossing species with comparatively large and attractive flowers but a restricted distribution to a polyploid, self-compatible, ...
... In the paper effect of limitation of postharvest measure to single cultivating or disking of soil and mineral fertilization level on number, air-dry matter and botanical composition of weeds in the potato-field is presented. Simplifield postharvest measure was increasing insignificantly and more intensive fertilization was limiting the weed infestation of potato-field. Decteasing of weeds number i ...
... In the paper, the percentage shares of the phases of fruiting and diaspore shedding of some weed species during fodder beet, spring wheat and faba bean harvest are presented. The results of the study were gathered in the years 2000-2003 on river alluvial soil made from light loam. The experimental scheme included mechanical and chemical control of the cultivated plants. On weed-free objects treate ...
... Three field trials were conducted from 2003-2004 at Utsunomiya University, Japan, to evaluate the safety and herbicidal activity of pyribenzoxim (benzophenone O-[2,6-bis[(4,6-dimethoxy-2-pyrimidinyl)oxybenzoyl]oxime) in turfgrass. Pyribenzoxim showed a high level of safety in bentgrass (Agrostis palustris Huds.) and zoysiagrass (Zoysia matrella) <= 300 g ai ha⁻¹ and it controlled various major gra ...
... A glasshouse experiment was carried out to investigate the host status of six important weeds in intensive agricultural cropping systems to Meloidogyne chitwoodi and Pratylenchus penetrans. Senecio vulgaris L., Capsella bursa-pastoris (L.) Medic. and Solanum nigrum L. were hosts of M. chitwoodi with reproduction factors of 2.5, 2.6 and 7.8, respectively. Echinochloa crusgalli (L.) Beauv. and Stell ...
... Field studies were carried out in Laingsburg, MI, from 2002 to 2004 on Houghton muck soil to assess the impacts of cover crops and soil fertility regimes on weed populations and celery yield. The cover crops were oilseed radish, cereal rye, hairy vetch, and a bare ground control. The fertility rates were full (180, 90, and 450 kg ha⁻¹ nitrogen [N], phosphorus pentoxide [P₂O₅], and potassium oxide ...
... Polyploidization, often accompanied by hybridization, has been of major importance in flowering plant evolution. Here we investigate the importance of these processes for the evolution of the tetraploid crucifer Capsella bursa-pastoris using DNA sequences from two chloroplast loci as well as from three nuclear low-copy genes. The near-absence of variation at the C. bursa-pastoris chloroplast marke ...
... This study investigated the applicability of minced shepherd's purse root containing high peroxidase activity as a catalytic agent instead of purified and immobilized peroxidase for the remediation of soil contaminated with phenolic pollutants, using 2,4-dichlorophenol (2,4-DCP) as a model pollutant. The removal of 2,4-DCP in the soil was extremely fast when treated with peroxide and minced shephe ...
... A study at Fairbanks, AK, was started in 1984 to determine soil seed longevity of 17 weed species. Seeds were buried in mesh bags 2 and 15 cm deep and were recovered 0.7, 1.7, 2.7, 3.7, 4.7, 6.7, 9.7, and 19.7 yr later. Viability was determined by germination and tetrazolium tests. Seed viability data were fit to an exponential model, separately for each depth, and the likelihood-ratio test was us ...
... The changes of phytosanitary situation recently taking place in sugar beet crops in the Republic of Belarus are shown. It is noticed that in the crop agrocoenosises there is a high infestation level caused by Japanese barnyard millet (Echinochloa crus-galli (L) Pal. Beauv), field sowthistle (Sonchus arvensis L), chickweed (Stellaria media (L) Vill), quick grass (Agropyron repens (L) Pal Beauv), ma ...
... Cool-season weed response to flumioxazin applied in February of 2002 and 2003 was evaluated in Louisiana. Plots naturally infested with cool-season weeds were treated with 840 g ai/ha glyphosate, 530 g ai/ha paraquat, 35 g ai/ha flumioxazin, 70 g/ha flumioxazin, 140 g/ha flumioxazin, 840 g/ha glyphosate plus 35 or 70 g/ha flumioxazin, or 530 g/ha paraquat plus 35 or 70 g/ha flumioxazin. Glyphosate ...
... Understanding the genetic basis of natural variation is of primary interest for evolutionary studies of adaptation. In Capsella bursa-pastoris, a close relative of Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana), variation in flowering time is correlated with latitude, suggestive of an adaptation to photoperiod. To identify pathways regulating natural flowering time variation in C. bursa-pastoris, we have stud ...
... Over 85 records of 23 species of blooming, herbaceous angiosperms were made at 19 sites in Antigonish County between 7 and 21 January 2006, when daytime temperatures reached 15°C. These observations followed an unusually warm fall and early winter. All species were observed on waste ground or in fields and garden plots, except for Epigaea repens L. which was part of ground vegetation in a sparsely ...
Arabidopsis thaliana; Capsella bursa-pastoris; abscisic acid; acclimation; active sites; amino acids; bioinformatics; cold; cold tolerance; complementary DNA; databases; genes; leucine zipper; molecular cloning; open reading frames; peroxidase; rapid amplification of cDNA ends; reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction; salt stress; signal peptide
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... A new rare cold-inducible (RCI) gene designated Cbrci35 was cloned from Capsella bursa-pastoris, an edible wild herb, using the rapid amplification of cDNA ends (RACE) method. The full-length cDNA of Cbrci35 (Database Accession No.: AY566573) was 1300 bp and contained a 978 bp ORF encoding a precursor of 326 amino acid residues with a 23 amino acids signal peptide. The predicted Cbrci35 protein co ...
... Capsella bursa-pastoris (L.) Medic (2n = 4x = 32) is a natural double-low (erucic acid < 1%, glucosinolates < 30 μmol/g) germplasm and shows high degree of resistance to Sclerotinia sclerotiorum. Hybridizations were carried out between two Brassica species viz. B. rapa (2n = 20) and B. napus (2n = 38) as female and C. bursa-pastoris as male parent to introduce these desirable traits into cultivate ...