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Interactions between butterfly pea (Clitoria ternatea) and rubber vine (Cryptostegia grandiflora)

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Bebawi, F. F. and Vitelli, J. S. (2008) Interactions between butterfly pea (Clitoria ternatea) and rubber vine (Cryptostegia grandiflora). In: Proceedings of the 16th Australian Weeds Conference, Brisbane, Queensland.

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Abstract

The arutors studied the impact of a forage legume, butterfly pea, on rubber vine at the early establishment phase under seven planting combinations at three nitrogen fertiliser levels. In pure stands, both species increased their shoot and root dry weight yield in response to nitrogen but rubber vine exhibited the greater response. In mixed stands, rubber vine and butterfly pea did not compete with each other at any nitrogen level. An over-yielding response resulted in all mixture combinations in terms of shoot and root yields. Total shoot and root mass of mixed stands significantly out-yielded their highest yielding pure stands by 8% and 27% respectively, suggesting that butterfly pea not only failed to reduce shoot and root growth of rubber vine, but actually improved its growth performance. Consequently, the introduction of butterfly pea to suppress rubber vine is not warranted.

Item Type:Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Business groups:Biosecurity Queensland
Additional Information:© Queensland Weeds Society.
Keywords:Butterfly pea; Clitoria ternatea; Cryptostegia grandiflora; nitrogen; rubber vine.
Subjects:Science > Invasive Species > Plants > Weed ecology
Science > Invasive Species > Plants > Integrated weed control
Plant pests and diseases > Weeds, parasitic plants etc
Live Archive:12 Jun 2009 00:57
Last Modified:13 Apr 2023 02:40

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