Claim · model-written summary
Later-cut L. multiflorum seed had at most 44 % viability.
- Taxon
- winter wheat
Triticum aestivume1 - Interactor
- L. multiflorum
Lolium multiflorume0weed - Outcome
- viabilitye0
- Direction
- lowe0
- Value
- ≤44 %e0
Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageSecond interactorSecond interactor roleTreatmentComparatorSettingQualifier
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“seeds from heads cut later showed high viability for A. myosuroides and B. secalinus (86–97 %) but consistently low for A. fatua and L. multiflorum (≤44 %)”
e1“two winter wheat varieties”
Title
Jasper Kanomanyanga; Stephen Moss; John Cussans; et al. European Journal of Agronomy 2026. doi:10.1016/j.eja.2026.128043
Other claims from this paper (16)
- Intervention effect A single early cut removed less than 39 % of heads in the best case.
- Intervention effect Mid-single cutting removed up to 81.9 % of heads.
- Intervention effect Two-cutting reached up to 81.9 % efficacy.
- Intervention effect Three cuts removed 92–96 % of Avena fatua seed heads.
- Intervention effect Top-cutting removed 69–80 % of Lolium multiflorum heads.
- Intervention effect Top-cutting removed 37–75 % of Alopecurus myosuroides heads with yearly variation.
- Intervention effect Top-cutting removed 4–73 % of Bromus secalinus heads and was largely ineffective, especially in a drier year.
- Intervention effect Shorter-strawed wheat improved A. myosuroides removal by 14–35 %.
- Intervention effect Shorter-strawed wheat improved B. secalinus removal by 14–35 %.
- Observation Compensatory head production was limited and occurred mainly in A. myosuroides in the wetter year.
- Observation Compensatory head production was limited and occurred mainly in L. multiflorum in the wetter year.
- Intervention effect Seeds from early-cut heads had less than 8 % viability across species.
- Observation Later-cut A. myosuroides seed had 86–97 % viability.
- Observation Later-cut B. secalinus seed had 86–97 % viability.
- Observation Later-cut A. fatua seed had at most 44 % viability.
- Recommendation The authors recommend mid-single, two-cut or three-cut schedules to minimize seed return.