Competitiveness of Early Vigour Wheat (<i>Triticum aestivum</i> L.) Genotypes Is Established at Early Growth Stages
Weed competitiveness in wheat (<i>Triticum aestivum</i> L.) has previously been shown to be positively associated with shoot biomass. This study evaluated the impact of increased early shoot vigour on the weed competitiveness of Australian wheats. Breeding lines generated for early shoot...
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| description | Weed competitiveness in wheat (<i>Triticum aestivum</i> L.) has previously been shown to be positively associated with shoot biomass. This study evaluated the impact of increased early shoot vigour on the weed competitiveness of Australian wheats. Breeding lines generated for early shoot vigour were top-crossed with two commercial wheat cultivars (Yitpi and Wyalkatchem) and the resulting high vigour lines (HV lines) were assessed for early growth and weed pressure in the field. These lines were directly compared with their parental lines, other commercial cultivars, and the tall heritage cultivar, Federation. Moreover, rye (<i>Secale cereale</i> L.) or triticale (<i>×</i> <i>Triticosecale</i>) was included in each trial as a positive control for vigour. The association between shoot growth and vigour and weed suppression was evaluated over 3 years in the cereal belt of south-eastern Australia during contrasting seasons. The HV lines consistently displayed greater leaf area, ground cover, and canopy light interception in both dry and wet seasons and suppressed weed growth significantly in contrast to commercial cultivars. Light interception at the first tiller stage, and ground cover at the end of tillering were identified as the most important variables for predicting weed suppression. This study demonstrated the enhancement of competitiveness in commercial wheat through the selection for early vigour, and identified traits that best predicted weed suppression. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9d39673da6e142afbe30dbd7e48c599c2023-11-23T18:20:58ZengMDPI AGAgronomy2073-43952022-02-0112237710.3390/agronomy12020377Competitiveness of Early Vigour Wheat (<i>Triticum aestivum</i> L.) Genotypes Is Established at Early Growth StagesPieter-Willem Hendriks0Saliya Gurusinghe1Peter R. Ryan2Gregory J. Rebetzke3Leslie A. Weston4School of Agriculture, Environment and Veterinary Sciences, Charles Sturt University, Locked Bag 588, Wagga-Wagga, NSW 2650, AustraliaGraham Centre for Agricultural Innovation, Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, NSW 2650, AustraliaCSIRO, Agriculture and Food, Canberra, ACT 2601, AustraliaCSIRO, Agriculture and Food, Canberra, ACT 2601, AustraliaGraham Centre for Agricultural Innovation, Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, NSW 2650, AustraliaWeed competitiveness in wheat (<i>Triticum aestivum</i> L.) has previously been shown to be positively associated with shoot biomass. This study evaluated the impact of increased early shoot vigour on the weed competitiveness of Australian wheats. Breeding lines generated for early shoot vigour were top-crossed with two commercial wheat cultivars (Yitpi and Wyalkatchem) and the resulting high vigour lines (HV lines) were assessed for early growth and weed pressure in the field. These lines were directly compared with their parental lines, other commercial cultivars, and the tall heritage cultivar, Federation. Moreover, rye (<i>Secale cereale</i> L.) or triticale (<i>×</i> <i>Triticosecale</i>) was included in each trial as a positive control for vigour. The association between shoot growth and vigour and weed suppression was evaluated over 3 years in the cereal belt of south-eastern Australia during contrasting seasons. The HV lines consistently displayed greater leaf area, ground cover, and canopy light interception in both dry and wet seasons and suppressed weed growth significantly in contrast to commercial cultivars. Light interception at the first tiller stage, and ground cover at the end of tillering were identified as the most important variables for predicting weed suppression. This study demonstrated the enhancement of competitiveness in commercial wheat through the selection for early vigour, and identified traits that best predicted weed suppression.https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4395/12/2/377weed suppressionintegrated weed managementcanopylight interceptioncrop competition |
| spellingShingle | Pieter-Willem Hendriks Saliya Gurusinghe Peter R. Ryan Gregory J. Rebetzke Leslie A. Weston Competitiveness of Early Vigour Wheat (<i>Triticum aestivum</i> L.) Genotypes Is Established at Early Growth Stages Agronomy weed suppression integrated weed management canopy light interception crop competition |
| title | Competitiveness of Early Vigour Wheat (<i>Triticum aestivum</i> L.) Genotypes Is Established at Early Growth Stages |
| title_full | Competitiveness of Early Vigour Wheat (<i>Triticum aestivum</i> L.) Genotypes Is Established at Early Growth Stages |
| title_fullStr | Competitiveness of Early Vigour Wheat (<i>Triticum aestivum</i> L.) Genotypes Is Established at Early Growth Stages |
| title_full_unstemmed | Competitiveness of Early Vigour Wheat (<i>Triticum aestivum</i> L.) Genotypes Is Established at Early Growth Stages |
| title_short | Competitiveness of Early Vigour Wheat (<i>Triticum aestivum</i> L.) Genotypes Is Established at Early Growth Stages |
| title_sort | competitiveness of early vigour wheat i triticum aestivum i l genotypes is established at early growth stages |
| topic | weed suppression integrated weed management canopy light interception crop competition |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4395/12/2/377 |
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