Claim · model-written summary
Common lambsquarters restricted maize root growth more than shoot growth.
- Interactor
- common lambsquarters
Chenopodium albume0t0weed
Zea maysNot reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageSecond interactorSecond interactor roleSettingValueQualifier
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Verbatim
e0“both weed species restricted root growth more than they restricted shoot growth of maize”
t0“from 27 to 73% when it was grown with common lambsquarters compared to maize grown alone”
Title
Root Growth of Neighboring Maize and Weeds Studied with Minirhizotrons
Deborah Britschgi; Peter Stamp; Juan M. Herrera Weed Science 2013. doi:10.1614/ws-d-12-00120.1
Other claims from this paper (7)
- Method / resource GFP expression permitted nondestructive discrimination of maize and weed roots.
- Intervention effect Redroot pigweed reduced maize root density by 41 to 87% relative to maize alone.
- Intervention effect Common lambsquarters reduced maize root density by 27 to 73% relative to maize alone.
- Intervention effect Redroot pigweed restricted maize root growth more than shoot growth.
- Intervention effect Maize presence changed common lambsquarters root density from a 25% reduction to a 23% increase.
- Intervention effect Maize reduced redroot pigweed root density by 6 to 42%.
- Method / resource GFP maize with minirhizotrons enabled direct quantification of crop roots growing with weeds.