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Field Dodder (Cuscuta campestris)—A New Model Describing Temperature-Dependent Seed Germination

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Yaakov Goldwasser ,
Hadas Miryamchik ,
Baruch Rubin  and
Hanan Eizenberg
Yaakov Goldwasser*
Affiliation:
R. H. Smith Institute of Plant Science and Genetics in Agriculture, R. H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, P.O. Box 12, Rehovot, Israel 76100
Hadas Miryamchik
Affiliation:
R. H. Smith Institute of Plant Science and Genetics in Agriculture, R. H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, P.O. Box 12, Rehovot, Israel 76100
Baruch Rubin
Affiliation:
R. H. Smith Institute of Plant Science and Genetics in Agriculture, R. H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, P.O. Box 12, Rehovot, Israel 76100
Hanan Eizenberg
Affiliation:
Department of Phytopathology and Weed Research, Agricultural Research Organization, Newe Ya'ar Research Center, P.O. Box 1021, Ramat Yishay 30095, Israel
*
Corresponding author's E-mail: yaakov.goldwasser@mail.huji.ac.il
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Abstract

The members of the genus Cuscuta (common name: dodder) are obligate holoparasitic plants that are found throughout the agricultural regions of the world. Of all of the species of dodder, field dodder (Cuscuta campestris) causes the most damage to crops. This species parasitizes the shoots of broadleaf plant crops and weeds. We conducted a series of field dodder seed germination tests in controlled-temperature chambers, in order to describe the effect of temperature on field dodder germination and develop a germination model based on the obtained data. The best fit was obtained when temperature data and time were transformed to thermal time using the beta-function model. The field dodder germination model can serve as a tool for knowledge-based predictions of germination and emergence timing, to allow for the implementation of effective mechanical and chemical management measures.

Keywords

Field dodderCuscuta campestris YunckerGermination analysismanagementparasitic plantsweed control
Type
Weed Biology and Ecology
Information
Weed Science , Volume 64 , Issue 1 , March 2016 , pp. 53 - 60
Copyright
Copyright © Weed Science Society of America 

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Footnotes

Associate Editor for this paper: William Vencill, University of Georgia.

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