Abstract
Summary: Résumé: Zusammenfassung Radish ( Raphanus sativus L.), a salad vegetable, and shepherd's purse ( Capsella bursa‐pastoris (L.) Med.), a common annual or biennial weed, are plants of similar height, leaf area and root biomass which often occur together in early summer. To assess the effects of the weed on the crop, plants were grown in well‐watered and fertilized monocultures and mixtures in the greenhouse. Growth of both species in monoculture decreased, per plant, as planting density increased, particularly in radish which had a high relative monoculture response. In mixtures, at a range of planting densities, and in different proportions, radish was much the stronger competitor, its total dry matter and tuber production being affected only slightly, and not at all in some experiments, by mixture with C. bursa‐pastoris . Thus the relative mixture response of radish ranged from 0.1 to 0.0, and the relative crowding coefficient of radish over Capsella was high, indicating that radish was strongly aggressive in the mixture. Although the two species had similar leaf areas in monoculture, that of C. bursa‐pastoris was greatly reduced in mixture. The advantage displayed by radish in intercepting light was further enhanced when it was grown in mixtures because radish increased the height of the greatest part of its leaf area, so increasing its shading of the weed. Withholding water from plants increased dry matter partitioning to the root systems in both species, and slightly increased the competitive advantage of radish over C. bursa‐pastoris . It is concluded that the weed poses little threat to the yield of radish crops in the field. Effets de la capselle bourse a pasteur (Capsella bursa‐pastoris L. Medic.) sur la croissance du radis (Raphanus sativus L.) Le radis ( Raphanus sativus L.) et la capselle bourse à pasteur ( Capsella bursa‐pastoris L. Medic) mauvaise herbe annuelle ou bisanuelle commune, sont des plantes de hauteur, surface foliaire et système racinaire semblables qui apparaissent souvent ensemble au début de l'été. Pour évaluer les effets de l'adventice sur la culture, les plantes ont été cultivées en monoculture et en culture mixte sous serre avec un bon arrosage et une bonne fertilisation. La croissance des deux espèces en monoculture a diminué par plante parallèlement à l'augmentation de la densité, en particulier chez le radis qui a une réponse à la monoculture relativement élevée. En mélanges, sur un éventail de densités de plantation et dans différentes proportions, le radis a été un compétiteur plus fort avec un poids total en matière sèche et une production tubéreuse peu affectée, et pas dans tous les essais, par le mélange avec la capselle. Ainsi, la réponse au mélange du radis a varié de 0,1 à 0,0 et le coefficient de masse relative du radis par rapport à capselle était élevé, soulignant que le radis était fortement compétiteur dans le mélange. Bien que les 2 espèces aient des surfaces foliaires semblables‐en monoculture celle de C. bursa‐pastoris a été considérable‐ment amoindri en mélange. L'avantage que le adis tire de son interception de la lumière, a été favorisé dans la culture en mélange parce que le radis a accru la hauteur à laquelle se trouvait la majorità de sa surface foliaire, augmentant ainsi son ombrage de l'adventice. En réduisant la source en eau des plantes, on a eu une augmentation de la matière sèche au niveau des racines chez les 2 espèces avec une légère contri‐bution à l'augmentation de l'avantage du radis sur la capselle. Il en est conclu que l'adventice représente une faible menace pour le rendement des cultures de radis au champ. Konkurrenz von Hirtentäschel (Capsella bursapastoris ( L .) Medic, mit Radieschen ( Raphanus sativus L .) Die Gemüsepflanze Radieschen ( Raphanus sativus L.) und das verbreitete, ein‐ bis überjährige Unkraut Hirtentäschel ( Capsella bursapastoris (L.) Medic.) haben eine ähnliche Höhe, Blattfläche und Wurzelmasse, sie treten im Frühsommer oft zusammen auf. Um die Wirkung des Unkrauts auf die Kulturpflanze zu untersuchen, wurden die Pflanzen im Gewächshaus in gut gewässerten und gedüngten Rein‐ und Mischbeständen kultiviert. Bei beiden Arten nahm das Wachstum der Einzelpflanze mit zunehmender Dichte ab, besonders beim Radieschen. In Mischbeständen mit verschiedenen Pflanzendichten und Mischungs‐verhältnissen war das Radieschen der stärkere Konkurrent, dessen Gesamttrockenmasse und Rübchenertrag nur wenig und in manchen Versuchen überhaupt nicht durch das Unkraut beeinträchtigt wurden. So variierte die relative Reaktion des Radieschens in den Mischbeständen (mixture response) von 0,1 bis 0,0, und der relative Verdrängungskoeffizient des Radies‐chens über Capsella war hoch, worin zum Ausdruck kommt, wie konkurrenzstark das Radieschen in den Mischkulturen war. Obwohl die beiden Arten in Reinbeständen ziemlich ähnliche Blattflächen entwickelten, war diese bei Capsella in Mischbeständen erheblich reduziert. Das Radieschen erlangte in Mischbeständen auch dadurch einen Vorteil bei der Lichtaufnahme, indem der gröte Teil seiner Blattfläche höher lag und so das Unkraut zunehmend beschattete. Bei Wassermangel stieg die Wurzeltrockenmasse bei beiden Arten an, wodurch der Konkurrenzvorteil des Radieschens gegenüber dem Hirteltäschel leicht verstärkt wurde. Diese Unkrautart übt also nur eine kleine Schadwirkung auf den Ertrag von Radieschen aus.
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Claims 11
Claim · model-written summary
Monoculture growth of radish fell as density rose.
- Taxon
- radish
Raphanus sativuse0 - Treatment
- planting densitye0
- Outcome
- Growthe0
- Direction
- decreasede0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Verbatim
e0“Growth of both species in monoculture decreased, per plant, as planting density increased, particularly in radish”
Claim · model-written summary
Monoculture growth of shepherd’s purse fell as density rose.
Verbatim
e0“Growth of both species in monoculture decreased, per plant, as planting density increased”
t0“Capsella bursa‐pastoris”
Claim · model-written summary
Mixture with the weed only slightly or sometimes did not affect radish dry matter and tuber production.
- Taxon
- radish
Raphanus sativuse0 - Treatment
- mixture with C. bursa‐pastorise0
- Interactor
- C. bursa‐pastorise0weed
- Outcome
- total dry matter and tuber productione0
- Direction
- affected only slightlye0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Verbatim
e0“radish was much the stronger competitor, its total dry matter and tuber production being affected only slightly, and not at all in some experiments, by mixture with C. bursa‐pastoris”
Claim · model-written summary
Radish relative mixture response ranged from 0.1 to 0.0.
- Taxon
- radish
Raphanus sativuse0 - Outcome
- relative mixture responsee0
- Value
- 0.1 to 0.0e0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Verbatim
e0“relative mixture response of radish ranged from 0.1 to 0.0”
Claim · model-written summary
Radish had a high relative crowding coefficient over Capsella.
- Taxon
- radish
Raphanus sativuse0 - Interactor
- Capsellae0weed
- Outcome
- relative crowding coefficiente0
- Direction
- highe0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Verbatim
e0“relative crowding coefficient of radish over Capsella was high”
Claim · model-written summary
Capsella leaf area was greatly reduced in mixture.
Not reportedComparator
Verbatim
e0“that of C. bursa‐pastoris was greatly reduced in mixture”
Claim · model-written summary
Radish raised much of its leaf area in mixtures and shaded the weed more.
- Taxon
- radish
Raphanus sativuse0 - Organ / stage
- leaf areae0
- Outcome
- shading of the weede0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Verbatim
e0“radish increased the height of the greatest part of its leaf area, so increasing its shading of the weed”
Claim · model-written summary
Withholding water increased root dry matter partitioning in radish.
- Taxon
- radish
Raphanus sativust0 - Treatment
- Withholding watere0
- Outcome
- dry matter partitioning to the root systemse0
- Direction
- increasede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Verbatim
e0“Withholding water from plants increased dry matter partitioning to the root systems in both species”
t0“radish”
Claim · model-written summary
Withholding water increased root dry matter partitioning in shepherd’s purse.
- Taxon
- Capsella bursa‐pastorist0
- Treatment
- Withholding watere0
- Outcome
- dry matter partitioning to the root systemse0
- Direction
- increasede0
Not reportedComparator
Verbatim
e0“Withholding water from plants increased dry matter partitioning to the root systems in both species”
t0“Capsella bursa‐pastoris”
Claim · model-written summary
Water withholding slightly increased radish competitive advantage.
- Taxon
- radish
Raphanus sativuse0 - Treatment
- Withholding watere1
- Interactor
- C. bursa‐pastorise0weed
- Outcome
- competitive advantagee0
- Direction
- increasede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Verbatim
e0“slightly increased the competitive advantage of radish over C. bursa‐pastoris”
e1“Withholding water from plants”
Claim · model-written summary
The authors concluded that the weed poses little field-yield threat to radish.
- Taxon
- radish
Raphanus sativuse0 - Outcome
- little threat to the yielde0
- Setting
- fielde0
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Verbatim
e0“the weed poses little threat to the yield of radish crops in the field”
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