Scaling studies for submersed aquatic plant management research

[...]most submersed aquatic plants can be grown from apical cuttings or progagules (turions, tubers) that require limited space. The most common mistakes in conducting growth chamber studies include 1) running studies too long, 2) asking too many research questions using such a simple setup, 3) extr...

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Published inJournal of aquatic plant management Vol. 56; pp. 10 - 16
Main Authors Netherland, Michael D, Getsinger, Kurt D
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Gainesville Aquatic Plant Management Society, Inc 01.01.2018
Subjects
Aquatic plants
Growth chambers
Herbicides
Pest control
Photoperiods
Plant growth
Plant management
Plants
Scaling
Sediments
Substrates
Turions
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Summary:[...]most submersed aquatic plants can be grown from apical cuttings or progagules (turions, tubers) that require limited space. The most common mistakes in conducting growth chamber studies include 1) running studies too long, 2) asking too many research questions using such a simple setup, 3) extrapolating results directly to the field without necessary caveats and/or without producing results from additional follow-up or field verification studies, and 4) not understanding the influence that limited growth of the untreated reference plant can have on interpretation of the data. The objective in these studies is to grow healthy plants over a short term (3 to 8 wk). [...]any substrate that results in growth of healthy plants is adequate for use in herbicide trials. Dedicated indoor growth chambers of a walk-in size (see Bibliography) can result in tight control over temperature, photoperiod, and precipitation, and good growth has been observed.
ISSN:0146-6623