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| DOI: | 10.1614/IPSM-08-077.1 |
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| Web URL(s): | http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1002&context=westcentresext&sei-redir=1&referer=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Furl%3Fsa%3Dt%26rct%3Dj%26q%3Dnative%20perennial%20grasses%20highway%20medians%3A%20pre-%20ostplant%20techniques%20establishment%20mediterranean%20climate%22
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| Publication Type:
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| Author(s): | Young, Stephen L.;
Claassen, Victor P. |
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| Author Affiliation: | Young: Research Associate, Center for Precision Agricultural Systems, Washington State University, Prosser, WA; Claassen: Research Soil Scientist, Department of Land, Air and Water Resources, University of California, Davis, CA |
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| Title: | Native perennial grasses in highway medians: Pre- and postplant techniques for establishment in a Mediterranean climate |
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| Source: | Invasive Plant Science and Management. Vol. 1, No. 4, October 2008, p. 368-375. |
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| Publishing Information: | Lawrence, KS : Weed Science Society of America |
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| # of Pages: | 8 |
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| Related Web URL: | http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/westcentresext/3/
Last checked: 11/01/2011
Notes: Abstract only |
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| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Chemical management; Chlorsulfuron; Clopyralid; Cultural control; Ecosystems; Establishment; Glyphosate; Mechanical control; Mowing; Native grasses; Roadside plants; Selective weed control; Wildfires
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| Geographic Terms: | Sacramento Valley, California |
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| Abstract/Contents: | "Within highway rights-of-way, native perennial grasses provide desirable services to support natural and human constructed ecosystems. However, native perennial grass establishment in annual grass dominated roadsides of semiarid and Mediterranean climates of the western United States requires specific cultural and chemical management treatments to control weeds. In 2004, field studies were conducted in Sacramento Valley, California to determine the effect of herbicide, disc cultivation, and species selection on native perennial grass establishment and annual weed persistence. Perennial grass species mixes common to drier and wetter upland areas in northern California were drill seeded at two sites (I-5 North and I-5 South) that had been burned in 2003 and received weed control (i.e., herbicide, cultivation, mowing) in spring 2004. Herbicides were the most important treatments for native perennial grass establishment and weed reduction. Native perennial grass species persistence was largely unaffected by cultivation or native plant accessions at these sites. Native perennial grass density increased at I-5 North in the second year of growth (2006) resulting in a plant density totaled across all herbicide regimes of 3.9 plants m-1 compared to 2.5 plants m-1 at I-5 South. Vigorous native perennial grass growth in the more fertile and less droughty soils of I-5 North helped to limit annual weeds through competition, which is anticipated to reduce the need for chemical and mechanical control in years following early establishment." |
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| Language: | English |
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| References: | 26 |
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| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
Young, S. L., and V. P. Claassen. 2008. Native perennial grasses in highway medians: Pre- and postplant techniques for establishment in a Mediterranean climate. Invasive Plant Science and Management. 1(4):p. 368-375. |
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| DOI: 10.1614/IPSM-08-077.1 |
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