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Growth and Regeneration of Field Horsetail (Equisetum arvense)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

Daniel Cloutier  and
Alan K. Watson
Daniel Cloutier
Affiliation:
Dep. Plant Sci., Macdonald Coll. of McGill Univ., 21111 Lakeshore Rd., Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec, Canada H9X 1CO
Alan K. Watson
Affiliation:
Dep. Plant Sci., Macdonald Coll. of McGill Univ., 21111 Lakeshore Rd., Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec, Canada H9X 1CO
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Abstract

Growth and regeneration of field horsetail (Equisetum arvense L. ♯ EQUAR) were investigated under field and greenhouse conditions. Field horsetail produced shoots during the entire summer but its growth was detrimentally affected by the presence of corn (Zea mays L.). Field horsetail regrew as well whether it had been hoed once or 16 times during the growing season; and during the subsequent summer, there were no significant differences between horsetail growth in plots kept weed-free the previous growing season and in plots where field horsetail grew freely. In the greenhouse, rhizome segments 1 cm long placed 15 cm deep easily regenerated plants. Simulations were done using the growth and regenerative ability of field horsetail to estimate its potential spread in agricultural fields. The results of these simulations indicate that this weed can infest a hectare within 6 yr of its introduction into a new area.

Keywords

CultivationmowingEQUAR

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Weed Control and Herbicide Technology
Information
Weed Science , Volume 33 , Issue 3 , May 1985 , pp. 358 - 365
Copyright
Copyright © 1985 by the Weed Science Society of America 

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