Modelling Soil Water Retention for Weed Seed Germination Sensitivity to Water Potential

Table 4

Minimum threshold water potential for germination of weed species grouped by intervals of germination sensitivity to water potential.

Sensitivity interval (MPa); Minimum threshold; (MPa)	Common name	Scientific name	Reference
B (−0.1 to −0.5)
−0.10	Common cocklebur	Xanthium strumarium L.	[6]
−0.20	Redroot pigweed	Amaranthus retroflexus L.	[38]
C (−0.5 to −1.0)
−0.50	Common groundsel	Senecio vulgaris L.	[39]
−0.50	Large crabgrass	Digitaria sanguinalis (L.) Scop.	[40]
−0.60	Wild oat	Avena fatua L.	[41]
−0.64	Common lambsquarters	Chenopodium album L.	[42]
−0.64	Velvetleaf	Abutilon theophrasti Medik.	[43]
−0.69	Yellow foxtail	Setaria glauca (L.) Beauv.	[5]
−0.70	Green foxtail	Setaria viridis (L.) Beauv.	[5]
−0.80	Goosegrass	Eleusine indica (L.) Gaertn.	[44]
−0.80	Common ragweed	Ambrosia artemisiifolia L.	[45]
−0.83	Large crabgrass	Digitaria sanguinalis (L.) Scop.	[5]
D (−1.0 to −1.5)
−1.13	Common chickweed	Stellaria media (L.) Vill.	[46]
−1.15	Rigid ryegrass	Lolium rigidum Gaudin	[47]
−1.20	Wild oat	Avena fatua L.	[48]
−1.21	Goosegrass	Eleusine indica (L.) Gaertn.	[5]
−1.50	Wild oat	Avena fatua L.	[49]
−1.50	Perennial ryegrass	Lolium perenne L.	[50]
−1.53	Blackgrass	Alopecurus myosuroides Huds.	[51]