Influence of after-ripening environments on the germination characteristics and seed fate of Italian ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum)

• Published in: Weed biology and management Vol. 9; no. 3; pp. 217 - 224
• Main Authors: Ichihara, M., Shizuoka Univ. (Japan). Faculty of Agriculture, Yamashita, M, Sawada, H, Kida, Y, Asai, M
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Melbourne, Australia Blackwell Publishing Asia 01.09.2009
• Subjects: after-ripening environment; GERMINACION; GERMINATION; germination characteristic; GRAINE; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_13933; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_3247; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_4424; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_6946; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_7771; LABRANZA; LOLIUM MULTIFLORUM; Lolium multiflorum Lam; MADURAMIENTO; MURISSAGE; RIPENING; seed fate; SEEDS; SEMILLA; TILLAGE; tillage system; TRAVAIL DU SOL; Triticum aestivum; Japan

Italian ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum Lam.) is an exotic winter annual weed that recently has seriously infested wheat fields in central Japan. To understand the influence of tillage systems on the germination ecology and seedbank dynamics of naturalized Italian ryegrass, we compared the fate of the...