Research Article

Critical Period of Weed Control in Aerobic Rice

Table 2

Five most dominant weed species at the end of different weedy periods in the two seasons (off-season 2010 and main season 2010/2011, with summed dominance ratios (SDRs) followed by standard error (SE)).

Weed speciesWeedy
2 weeks
Weedy
4 weeks
Weedy
6 weeks
Weedy
8 weeks
Season long weedy

Off-season 2010
Axonopus compressus 1 3 . 7 ± 3 . 7
Cleome rutidosperma DC 1 1 . 4 ± 5 . 4 1 3 . 5 ± 3 . 2 1 5 . 7 ± 2 . 8 1 0 . 3 ± 2 . 6
Cyperus distans 1 5 . 5 ± 4 . 4
Cyperus rotundus L. 3 9 . 9 ± 1 6 . 2 3 1 . 4 ± 8 . 3 1 1 . 2 ± 4 . 0 9 . 9 ± 2 . 9 9 . 2 ± 1 . 9
Eleusine indica (L.) Gaertn. 7 . 6 ± 2 . 2
Fimbristylis miliacea (L.) Vahl 7 . 2 ± 1 . 8 6 . 1 ± 2 . 5 6 . 7 ± 3 . 4
Physalis heterophylla Nees 9 . 2 ± 2 . 4 1 7 . 6 ± 3 . 9 2 8 . 2 ± 7 . 5 2 6 . 5 ± 4 . 6 2 0 . 8 ± 5 . 8
Scoparia dulcis L. 7 . 1 ± 3 . 1 1 5 . 8 ± 5 . 1 1 5 . 9 ± 6 . 8 1 8 . 0 ± 5 . 2 1 2 . 0 ± 3 . 4

Main season 2010/2011
Axonopus compressus 5 . 7 ± 0 . 9
Cleome rutidosperma DC 1 6 . 4 ± 7 . 3 1 8 . 7 ± 5 . 7 2 0 . 1 ± 6 . 7 1 7 . 6 ± 7 . 9 1 5 . 3 ± 5 . 1
Cyperus rotundus L. 3 3 . 6 ± 8 . 6 2 6 . 2 ± 8 . 2 1 3 . 2 ± 2 . 3 8 . 3 ± 3 . 5 7 . 2 ± 2 . 8
Jussiaea linifolia Vahl 6 . 6 ± 2 . 9
Leptochloa chinensis (L.) Nees 3 . 6 ± 0 . 7 7 . 8 ± 2 . 7
Mimosa pudica L. 6 . 6 ± 2 . 5
Physalis heterophylla Nees 2 2 . 3 ± 3 . 8 2 7 . 4 ± 5 . 9 2 9 . 5 ± 1 3 . 1 2 6 . 5 ± 6 . 8 2 3 . 7 ± 7 . 2
Scoparia dulcis L. 2 . 5 ± 0 . 4 6 . 3 ± 1 . 4 1 1 . 7 ± 3 . 5 1 0 . 4 ± 5 . 2 1 4 . 6 ± 4 . 6