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1 October 2010 Growth and Seed Production of Horseweed (Conyza canadensis) Populations after Exposure to Postemergence 2,4-D
Greg R. Kruger, Vince M. Davis, Stephen C. Weller, William G. Johnson
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Abstract

Horseweed can be a problematic weed in no-till soybean fields and populations can vary in their response to 2,4-D. The objective of this study was to evaluate the growth and seed production of four horseweed populations after exposure to 2,4-D. 2,4-D amine was applied at 0, 140, 280, and 560 g ae ha−1 to 5- to 10-cm-tall horseweed plants. An additional treatment of 280 g ha−1 of 2,4-D 840 g ae ha−1 of glyphosate was included in the study. At 2 wk after treatment (WAT), injury ranged from 47 to 98%, but by 6 WAT the injury ranged from 89 to 100% for all four populations. Between 6 and 12 WAT some individual horseweed plants started to recover. No differences in dry weights were observed between the four populations in the untreated checks at 0, 2, 6, and 12 WAT. At 280 g ha−1 of 2,4-D amine, seed production was reduced by greater than 95%. However, three of the four horseweed populations had plants that survived and produced seed after exposure to 840 g ha−1 of glyphosate 280 g ha−1 of 2,4-D. One plant produced seed after exposure to 560 g ha−1 of 2,4-D. These results suggest that horseweed can evolve resistance to 2,4-D and no fitness penalities were observed in populations that had higher levels of tolerance to 2,4-D.

Nomenclature: 2,4-D amine; horseweed, Conyza canadensis L. (Cronq.), ERICA; soybean, Glycine max (L.) Merr.

Greg R. Kruger, Vince M. Davis, Stephen C. Weller, and William G. Johnson "Growth and Seed Production of Horseweed (Conyza canadensis) Populations after Exposure to Postemergence 2,4-D," Weed Science 58(4), 413-419, (1 October 2010). https://doi.org/10.1614/WS-D-10-00022.1
Received: 11 February 2010; Accepted: 1 May 2010; Published: 1 October 2010
KEYWORDS
biotype
Dose response
fecundity
fitness
Marestail
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