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ArticlePlant, cell & environment2021

Plastic response to early shade avoidance cues has season-long effect on Beta vulgaris growth and development.

Albert T Adjesiwor, Joseph G Ballenger, Cynthia Weinig, Brent E Ewers, Andrew R Kniss

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Article in Plant, cell & environment, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1citing papers in PubMed
1.1field-weighted citation impact, top 19% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Albert T AdjesiworDepartment of Plant Sciences, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0047-8771
Joseph G BallengerDepartment of Plant Sciences, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming, USA.
Cynthia WeinigDepartment of Botany, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming, USA.
Brent E EwersDepartment of Botany, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6647-7475
Andrew R KnissDepartment of Plant Sciences, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2551-4959
University of Wyoming · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Early-emerging weeds are known to negatively affect crop growth but the mechanisms by which weeds reduce crop yield are not fully understood. In a 4-year study, we evaluated the effect of duration of weed-reflected light on sugar beet (Beta vulgaris L.) growth and development. The study included an early-season weed removal series and a late-season weed addition series of treatments arranged in a randomized complete block, and the study design minimized direct resource competition. If weeds were present from emergence until the two true-leaf sugar beet stage, sugar beet leaf area was reduced 22%, leaf biomass reduced 25%, and root biomass reduced 32% compared to sugar beet grown season-long without surrounding weeds. Leaf area, leaf biomass, and root biomass was similar whether weeds were removed at the two true-leaf stage (approximately 330 GDD after planting) or allowed to remain until sugar beet harvest (approximately 1,240 GDD after planting). Adding weeds at the two true-leaf stage and leaving them until harvest (~1,240 GDD) reduced sugar beet leaf and root biomass by 18% and 23%, respectively. This work suggests sugar beet responds early and near-irreversibly to weed presence and has implications for crop management genetic improvement.

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Adaptation, PhysiologicalLightBeta vulgarisPlant Leavesenvironmental plasticitylight qualityweed competitionweed removal timingyield potential

Identifiers

PMID34424563
PMCPMC9290947
OpenAlexW3111986158

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