Research Article
Factors Affecting Postdispersal Weed Seed Predation in Barely Fields
Table 1
Mean percentage of seed predation ± SE at different interactions of density and background density.
| | Treatment | Weed species | Density (seeds dish−1) | Background | S. arvensis | A. ludoviciana | R. rugosum | H. spontaneum |
| 50 | With | 49 ± 7 c | 43 ± 8 c | 29 ± 5 c | 27 ± 5 a | Without | 37 ± 5 d | 33 ± 7 d | 22 ± 6 e | 19 ± 5 c | 100 | With | 64 ± 10 b | 54 ± 11 b | 38 ± 7 b | 28 ± 5 a | Without | 36 ± 6 d | 32 ± 7 d | 22 ± 5 e | 21 ± 4 b | 150 | With | 82 ± 11 a | 76 ± 10 a | 51 ± 7 a | 28 ± 5 a | Without | 35 ± 5 d | 32 ± 7 d | 23 ± 5 d | 22 ± 5 b |
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*Data with same word in the same column were not significantly different.
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