Defining the habitat niche of Alopecurus myosuroides at the field scale
The distribution of Alopecurus myosuroides (black-grass) in fields is patchy. The locations of these patches can be influenced by the environment. This presents an opportunity for precision management through patch spraying. We surveyed five fields on various types of soil using a nested sampling de...
| Main Authors: | , , , , , , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Wiley
2018
|
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/51103/ |
| _version_ | 1848798417019469824 |
|---|---|
| author | Metcalfe, H. Milne, A.E. Webster, R. Lark, R.M. Murdoch, A.J. Kanelo, L. Storkey, J. |
| author_facet | Metcalfe, H. Milne, A.E. Webster, R. Lark, R.M. Murdoch, A.J. Kanelo, L. Storkey, J. |
| author_sort | Metcalfe, H. |
| building | Nottingham Research Data Repository |
| collection | Online Access |
| description | The distribution of Alopecurus myosuroides (black-grass) in fields is patchy. The locations of these patches can be influenced by the environment. This presents an opportunity for precision management through patch spraying. We surveyed five fields on various types of soil using a nested sampling design and recorded both A. myosuroides seedlings in autumn and seed heads in summer. We also measured soil properties at those sampling locations. We found that the patches of seed heads within a field were smaller than the seedling patches, suggesting that techniques for patch spraying based on maps of heads in the previous season could be inherently risky. We also found that the location of A. myosuroides patches within fields can be predicted through their relationship with environmental properties and that these relations are consistent across fields on different soil types. This improved understanding of the relations between soil properties and A. myosuroides seedlings could allow farmers to use pre-existing or suitably supplemented soil maps already in use for the precision application of fertilisers as a starting point in the creation of herbicide application maps. |
| first_indexed | 2025-11-14T20:19:26Z |
| format | Article |
| id | nottingham-51103 |
| institution | University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus |
| institution_category | Local University |
| language | English |
| last_indexed | 2025-11-14T20:19:26Z |
| publishDate | 2018 |
| publisher | Wiley |
| recordtype | eprints |
| repository_type | Digital Repository |
| spelling | nottingham-511032018-04-13T18:11:46Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/51103/ Defining the habitat niche of Alopecurus myosuroides at the field scale Metcalfe, H. Milne, A.E. Webster, R. Lark, R.M. Murdoch, A.J. Kanelo, L. Storkey, J. The distribution of Alopecurus myosuroides (black-grass) in fields is patchy. The locations of these patches can be influenced by the environment. This presents an opportunity for precision management through patch spraying. We surveyed five fields on various types of soil using a nested sampling design and recorded both A. myosuroides seedlings in autumn and seed heads in summer. We also measured soil properties at those sampling locations. We found that the patches of seed heads within a field were smaller than the seedling patches, suggesting that techniques for patch spraying based on maps of heads in the previous season could be inherently risky. We also found that the location of A. myosuroides patches within fields can be predicted through their relationship with environmental properties and that these relations are consistent across fields on different soil types. This improved understanding of the relations between soil properties and A. myosuroides seedlings could allow farmers to use pre-existing or suitably supplemented soil maps already in use for the precision application of fertilisers as a starting point in the creation of herbicide application maps. Wiley 2018-03-23 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en cc_by https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/51103/2/Metcalfe_et_al-2017-Weed_Research.pdf Metcalfe, H., Milne, A.E., Webster, R., Lark, R.M., Murdoch, A.J., Kanelo, L. and Storkey, J. (2018) Defining the habitat niche of Alopecurus myosuroides at the field scale. Weed Research . ISSN 0043-1737 weed patches black-grass soil habitat precision agriculture https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/wre.12300 doi:10.1111/wre.12300 doi:10.1111/wre.12300 |
| spellingShingle | weed patches black-grass soil habitat precision agriculture Metcalfe, H. Milne, A.E. Webster, R. Lark, R.M. Murdoch, A.J. Kanelo, L. Storkey, J. Defining the habitat niche of Alopecurus myosuroides at the field scale |
| title | Defining the habitat niche of Alopecurus myosuroides at the field scale |
| title_full | Defining the habitat niche of Alopecurus myosuroides at the field scale |
| title_fullStr | Defining the habitat niche of Alopecurus myosuroides at the field scale |
| title_full_unstemmed | Defining the habitat niche of Alopecurus myosuroides at the field scale |
| title_short | Defining the habitat niche of Alopecurus myosuroides at the field scale |
| title_sort | defining the habitat niche of alopecurus myosuroides at the field scale |
| topic | weed patches black-grass soil habitat precision agriculture |
| url | https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/51103/ https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/51103/ https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/51103/ |