Interference of sterile oat (Avena ludoviciana) and Mexican pricklepoppy (Argemone mexicana) in chickpea

Gulshan Mahajan; Bhagirath Singh Chauhan

doi:10.1071/CP23075

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Interference of sterile oat (Avena ludoviciana) and Mexican pricklepoppy (Argemone mexicana) in chickpea

Gulshan Mahajan

^A ^B ^* and Bhagirath Singh Chauhan ^C ^D

+ Author Affiliations

- Author Affiliations

^A The Centre for Crop Science, Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation (QAAFI), The University of Queensland, Gatton, Qld 4343, Australia.

^B Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, Punjab 141004, India.

^C The Centre for Crop Science, Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation (QAAFI) and School of Agriculture and Food Sciences (SAFS), The University of Queensland, Gatton, Qld 4343, Australia.

^D Department of Agronomy, Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, Haryana 125004, India.

^* Correspondence to: g.mahajan@uq.edu.au

Handling Editor: Christopher Preston

Crop & Pasture Science 74(12) 1156-1164 https://doi.org/10.1071/CP23075

Submitted: 18 March 2023 Accepted: 10 May 2023 Published: 1 June 2023

© 2023 The Author(s) (or their employer(s)). Published by CSIRO Publishing. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC-ND)

Abstract

Context

Knowledge gaps exist for the interference of Avena ludoviciana and Argemone mexicana in chickpea grown in eastern Australia.

Aims

This research aimed to examine the effect of different interference levels of A. ludoviciana and A. mexicana for their potential to cause yield loss in chickpea.

Methods

Experiments were conducted in a randomised complete block design with five weed infestation levels of both weeds (none, low, medium, high, and very high) in three replications.

Key results

Infestations of A. ludoviciana and A. mexicana at 15 and 17 plants m⁻² caused an 83 and 48% reduction in chickpea yield, respectively, compared with weed-free situations. Based on the regression model, a 50% yield reduction of chickpea occurred at 10 and 17 plants m⁻² of A. ludoviciana and A. mexicana, respectively. Based on the modified hyperbolic model, maximum seed production of A. ludoviciana and A. mexicana in chickpea at an infestation level of 1 plant m⁻² was estimated at 366 and 7800 seeds m⁻², respectively. At crop harvest, seed retention of A. ludoviciana and A. mexicana was greater than 50 and 90%, respectively.

Conclusions

A. ludoviciana and A. mexicana infestation in chickpea caused a substantial reduction in crop yield. High seed retention in A. mexicana and A. ludoviciana in chickpea suggests the possibility to manage these two weeds through harvest weed seed control.

Implications

The information generated from this study could help in strengthening integrated weed management in chickpea.

Keywords: biology, seed production, seed retention, weed, weed biomass, weed competition, weed density, yield.

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