Plant Soil Environ., 2004, 50(3):134-140 | DOI: 10.17221/4019-PSE

Field-scale variability of weediness on arable land

P. Hamouz, J. Soukup, J. Holec, M. Jursík
Czech University of Agriculture in Prague, Czech Republic

Weed mapping was conducted on 2 fields in Central Bohemia to characterize the spatial structure and temporal stability of weed populations over four years (1999-2002). A number of plants for each species and the total weed coverage were investigated on the grid points. To determine the weed infestation variability, and the Patchiness-Index was calculated. Use of Surfer-software, and weed maps were created. For single weed species occurrence the correlation between 1999 and 2000 was calculated. The results document heterogeneous occurrences of weeds, especially Cirsium arvense (PI = 9.09-15.86), Tripleurospermum maritimum (PI = 11.01-217.30) and Galium aparine (PI = 4.61-7.70), whereas Viola arvensis and Stellaria media were distributed more homogeneously. Weed grasses occurred in all years slightly. G. aparine is characterized by relatively high spatial stability.

Keywords: weed infestation; weed mapping; weed population dynamics; spatial variability; temporal variability; precision farming

Published: March 31, 2004  Show citation

ACS AIP APA ASA Harvard Chicago Chicago Notes IEEE ISO690 MLA NLM Turabian Vancouver
Hamouz P, Soukup J, Holec J, Jursík M. Field-scale variability of weediness on arable land. Plant Soil Environ. 2004;50(3):134-140. doi: 10.17221/4019-PSE.
Share...
Download citation
  • BibTeX (.bib)
  • Bookends (.ris)
  • EasyBib (.ris)
  • EndNote (.enw)
  • EndNote 8 (.xml)
  • ISI WoS (.isi)
  • Medlars (.medlars)
  • Mendeley (.ris)
  • MODS (.xml)
  • Papers (.ris)
  • RefWorks (.txt)
  • RefManager (.ris)
  • RIS (.ris)
  • MS Word (.xml)
  • Zotero (.ris)
    • Open full article

    References

    1. Brodský L., Vaněk V., Száková J., Štípek K. (2001): Spatial heterogenity of soil properties. Rostl. Výr., 47: 521-528.
    2. Cardina J., Johnson G.A., Sparrow D.H. (1997): The nature and consequence of weed spatial distribution. Weed Sci., 45: 364-373. Go to original source...
    3. Clay S.A., Lems G.J., Clay D.E., Forcella F., Ellsbury M.M., Carlson C.G. (1999): Sampling weed spatial variability on a fieldwide scale. Weed Sci., 47: 674-681. Go to original source...
    4. Gerhards R., Sökefeld M., Kühbauch W. (1998): Einsatz der digitalen Bildverarbeitung bei der teilschlagspezifischen Unkrautkontrolle. Z. Pfl.-Krankh. Pfl.-Schutz, Sonderh. XVI: 273-278.
    5. Gerhards R., Sökefeld M., Timmermann C., Kühbauch W. (2002): Site-specific weed control in maize, sugar beet, winter wheat, and winter barley. Precis. Agr., 3: 25-35. Go to original source...
    6. Howard C.L., Mortimer A.M., Gould P., Putwain P.D., Cousens R., Cussans G.W. (1991): The dispersal of weeds: seed movement in arable agriculture. Proc. Brighton Crop Prot. Conf. Weeds: 821-828.
    7. Gerhards R., Sökefeld M., Timmermann C., Krohmann P., Kühbauch W. (2000): Precision weed control - more than just saving herbicides. Z. Pfl.-Krankh. Pfl.-Schutz, Sonderh. XVII: 179-186.
    8. Lloyd M. (1967): Mean crowding. J. Anim. Ecol., 36: 1-30. Go to original source...
    9. Marshall E.J.P., Brain P. (1999): The horizontal movement of seeds in arable soil by different soil cultivation methods. J. Appl. Ecol., 36: 443-454. Go to original source...
    10. Nordmeyer H., Häusler A. (2000): Erfahrungen zur teilflächenspezifischen Unkrautbekämpfung in einem Praxisbetrieb. Z. Pfl.-Krankh. Pfl.-Schutz, Sonderh. XVII: 195-205.
    11. Sökefeld M. (1997): Automatische Erkennung von Unkrautarten im Keimblattstadium mit digitaler Bildverarbeitung. [Dissertation.] Univ. Bonn.
    12. Sökefeld M., Gerhards R., Kühbauch W. (2000): Teilschlagspezifische Unkrautkontrolle - von der Unkrauterfassung bis zur Herbizidapplikation. Z. Pfl. Krankh. Pfl. Schutz, Sonderh. XVII: 227-233.
    13. Wartenberg G., Dammer K.H. (2002): Erfahrungen bei der Verfahrensentwicklung zur teilflächenspezifischen Herbizidanwendung in Echtzeit. Z. Pfl. Krankh. Pfl. Schutz, Sonderh. XVIII: 443-450.

    This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY NC 4.0), which permits non-comercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original publication is properly cited. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.


    Return to the content