Optimum water depth for suppressing late watergrass growth with minimizing rice growth inhibition under different temperature conditions

Deep-water management (DWM) is a promising approach for effectively suppressing some paddy weeds with reduced use of herbicides. Because DWM for weed control is employed at the initial stage of rice growth, the growth inhibition in rice seedlings occurs by hypoxia. It is worth examining the optimum...

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Main Authors: Marina Iwasa, Shunsuke Adachi, Taiichiro Ookawa
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Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2025-01-01
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Online Access:https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/1343943X.2024.2424523
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Taiichiro Ookawa
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description Deep-water management (DWM) is a promising approach for effectively suppressing some paddy weeds with reduced use of herbicides. Because DWM for weed control is employed at the initial stage of rice growth, the growth inhibition in rice seedlings occurs by hypoxia. It is worth examining the optimum water control for minimizing rice growth inhibition with effective weed suppression. Here, we evaluated the seedling growth of rice and late watergrass under different water depths (WDs; 5 cm, 10 cm, 15 cm, and 20 cm) and growth temperature (18°C/15°C, 25°C/22°C, and 32°C/25°C of day/night temperature) in the controlled-environment chamber. As growth temperature increased, the WD required for complete suppression of late watergrass increased. A 15 cm or more of WDs completely suppressed the growth of late watergrass under moderate to higher temperature settings, but it significantly decreased the rice growth mainly due to the reduction of tiller number. The follow-up experiment revealed that a stepwise control of WD (10 cm for 3 days and 20 cm for 13 days) could completely suppress the growth of late watergrass without any decrease in rice growth under 32°C/25°C condition. Our findings will contribute to better weed control by DWM in paddy rice cultivation, although further study is needed for application.
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spelling doaj-art-d727b0c00f784ca487e9eb766c089b782025-01-27T05:38:08ZengTaylor & Francis GroupPlant Production Science1343-943X1349-10082025-01-01281344310.1080/1343943X.2024.2424523Optimum water depth for suppressing late watergrass growth with minimizing rice growth inhibition under different temperature conditionsMarina Iwasa0Shunsuke Adachi1Taiichiro Ookawa2Graduate School of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Fuchu, Tokyo, JapanGraduate School of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Fuchu, Tokyo, JapanGraduate School of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Fuchu, Tokyo, JapanDeep-water management (DWM) is a promising approach for effectively suppressing some paddy weeds with reduced use of herbicides. Because DWM for weed control is employed at the initial stage of rice growth, the growth inhibition in rice seedlings occurs by hypoxia. It is worth examining the optimum water control for minimizing rice growth inhibition with effective weed suppression. Here, we evaluated the seedling growth of rice and late watergrass under different water depths (WDs; 5 cm, 10 cm, 15 cm, and 20 cm) and growth temperature (18°C/15°C, 25°C/22°C, and 32°C/25°C of day/night temperature) in the controlled-environment chamber. As growth temperature increased, the WD required for complete suppression of late watergrass increased. A 15 cm or more of WDs completely suppressed the growth of late watergrass under moderate to higher temperature settings, but it significantly decreased the rice growth mainly due to the reduction of tiller number. The follow-up experiment revealed that a stepwise control of WD (10 cm for 3 days and 20 cm for 13 days) could completely suppress the growth of late watergrass without any decrease in rice growth under 32°C/25°C condition. Our findings will contribute to better weed control by DWM in paddy rice cultivation, although further study is needed for application.https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/1343943X.2024.2424523Deep water managementgrowth temperaturelate watergrasspaddy ricereduced herbicide usewater depth
spellingShingle Marina Iwasa
Shunsuke Adachi
Taiichiro Ookawa
Optimum water depth for suppressing late watergrass growth with minimizing rice growth inhibition under different temperature conditions
Plant Production Science
Deep water management
growth temperature
late watergrass
paddy rice
reduced herbicide use
water depth
title Optimum water depth for suppressing late watergrass growth with minimizing rice growth inhibition under different temperature conditions
title_full Optimum water depth for suppressing late watergrass growth with minimizing rice growth inhibition under different temperature conditions
title_fullStr Optimum water depth for suppressing late watergrass growth with minimizing rice growth inhibition under different temperature conditions
title_full_unstemmed Optimum water depth for suppressing late watergrass growth with minimizing rice growth inhibition under different temperature conditions
title_short Optimum water depth for suppressing late watergrass growth with minimizing rice growth inhibition under different temperature conditions
title_sort optimum water depth for suppressing late watergrass growth with minimizing rice growth inhibition under different temperature conditions
topic Deep water management
growth temperature
late watergrass
paddy rice
reduced herbicide use
water depth
url https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/1343943X.2024.2424523
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