Growth performance of Malaysian Parthenium hysterophorus under various environmental variables
Parthenium weed is an invasive weed species of economic importance worldwide. Native to the American tropics, the infestation ability of Parthenium weed to a new habitat is largely influenced by environmental factors. Despite Parthenium weed invasion in Malaysia dated back to 2013, investigation on...
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| author | Ruzmi, Rabiatuladawiyah Muhammad Akhir, Anis Fadzilah Dilipkumar, Masilamany Sinniah, Uma Rani Juraimi, Abdul Shukor Ghazali, Mohd Norsazwan Ahmad Hamdani, Muhammad Saiful |
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| description | Parthenium weed is an invasive weed species of economic importance worldwide. Native to the American tropics, the infestation ability of Parthenium weed to a new habitat is largely influenced by environmental factors. Despite Parthenium weed invasion in Malaysia dated back to 2013, investigation on its ecological behavior is still lacking. Hence, extensive studies on the ecological behavior of two predominant Malaysian Parthenium weed populations were executed. In the Petri dish seed bioassay, germination of Parthenium weed seeds was evident at temperatures up to 80 °C. Parthenium weed was also germinable in saline condition of up to 250 mM, osmotic pressure ranging from −1.2 to 0 MPa, and a wide range of pH (4–9), thus these abiotic conditions are by no means the limiting factors for the Parthenium weed. The pot trial observed that this invasive weed grew readily in various Malaysian soil textures. Parthenium weed successfully emerged from 0 cm to not beyond 2 cm soil burial and retained its emergence capacity under different submergence periods in water. The most favorable soil moisture condition for Parthenium weed emergence was saturated (0 kPa), followed by field capacity (−30–−50 kPa), while no emergence occurred in drought (−70 kPa) as well as flooded soils. These indicate that both Parthenium weed populations possess high tolerance to various abiotic conditions in Malaysia. Results obtained in the current study have crucially become guidelines for the local government authorities in predicting wide spread of Parthenium weed in diverse ecological zones, to further manage this pernicious weed efficiently. |
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| spelling | upm-974852022-07-27T06:35:27Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/97485/ Growth performance of Malaysian Parthenium hysterophorus under various environmental variables Ruzmi, Rabiatuladawiyah Muhammad Akhir, Anis Fadzilah Dilipkumar, Masilamany Sinniah, Uma Rani Juraimi, Abdul Shukor Ghazali, Mohd Norsazwan Ahmad Hamdani, Muhammad Saiful Parthenium weed is an invasive weed species of economic importance worldwide. Native to the American tropics, the infestation ability of Parthenium weed to a new habitat is largely influenced by environmental factors. Despite Parthenium weed invasion in Malaysia dated back to 2013, investigation on its ecological behavior is still lacking. Hence, extensive studies on the ecological behavior of two predominant Malaysian Parthenium weed populations were executed. In the Petri dish seed bioassay, germination of Parthenium weed seeds was evident at temperatures up to 80 °C. Parthenium weed was also germinable in saline condition of up to 250 mM, osmotic pressure ranging from −1.2 to 0 MPa, and a wide range of pH (4–9), thus these abiotic conditions are by no means the limiting factors for the Parthenium weed. The pot trial observed that this invasive weed grew readily in various Malaysian soil textures. Parthenium weed successfully emerged from 0 cm to not beyond 2 cm soil burial and retained its emergence capacity under different submergence periods in water. The most favorable soil moisture condition for Parthenium weed emergence was saturated (0 kPa), followed by field capacity (−30–−50 kPa), while no emergence occurred in drought (−70 kPa) as well as flooded soils. These indicate that both Parthenium weed populations possess high tolerance to various abiotic conditions in Malaysia. Results obtained in the current study have crucially become guidelines for the local government authorities in predicting wide spread of Parthenium weed in diverse ecological zones, to further manage this pernicious weed efficiently. Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2021 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/97485/1/ABSTRACT.pdf Ruzmi, Rabiatuladawiyah and Muhammad Akhir, Anis Fadzilah and Dilipkumar, Masilamany and Sinniah, Uma Rani and Juraimi, Abdul Shukor and Ghazali, Mohd Norsazwan and Ahmad Hamdani, Muhammad Saiful (2021) Growth performance of Malaysian Parthenium hysterophorus under various environmental variables. Agriculture, 11 (9). art. no. 856. pp. 1-20. ISSN 2077-0472 https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0472/11/9/856 10.3390/agriculture11090856 |
| spellingShingle | Ruzmi, Rabiatuladawiyah Muhammad Akhir, Anis Fadzilah Dilipkumar, Masilamany Sinniah, Uma Rani Juraimi, Abdul Shukor Ghazali, Mohd Norsazwan Ahmad Hamdani, Muhammad Saiful Growth performance of Malaysian Parthenium hysterophorus under various environmental variables |
| title | Growth performance of Malaysian Parthenium hysterophorus under various environmental variables |
| title_full | Growth performance of Malaysian Parthenium hysterophorus under various environmental variables |
| title_fullStr | Growth performance of Malaysian Parthenium hysterophorus under various environmental variables |
| title_full_unstemmed | Growth performance of Malaysian Parthenium hysterophorus under various environmental variables |
| title_short | Growth performance of Malaysian Parthenium hysterophorus under various environmental variables |
| title_sort | growth performance of malaysian parthenium hysterophorus under various environmental variables |
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