Ph.D Thesis

Ph.D.

Wilcox, Douglas Howard, Ph.D., The University of Manitoba, February 1995, Models of Interference in Monocultures and Mixtures of Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) and Quackgrass (Elytrigia repens (L.) Nevski.). 265 pgs.

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Cover Sheets
Acknowledgements
Table of Contents
List of Tables
List of Figures

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Abstract
Forward
Introduction

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Literature Review

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Chapter 1 - Interference Modelling of Wheat (Triticum aestivum) and Quackgrass (Elytrigia repens) Grown in an Additive Series.

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Chapter 2 - Models of Quackgrass (Elytrigia repens) Interference in Spring Wheat (Triticum aestivum).

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Chapter 3 - Allometry in Quackgrass (Elytrigia repens) Infesting Spring Wheat (Triticum aestivum)

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Chapter 4 - A Deterministic Empirical Model of Quackgrass (Elytrigia repens) Interference in Spring Annual Crops.

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General Discussion
Summary and Conclusions
Suggestions for Further Work

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Literature Cited

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Appendix 1 - Modelling Light Transmittance and Light Use Efficiency in Wheat and Quackgrass Grown In Additive Series

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Appendix 2 - Climatic Data for the University of Manitoba, Portage La Prairie, Research Station During the Growing Seasons of 1987, 1988 and 1989.

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Appendix 3 - Water Use and Water Use Efficiency (WUE) in the Additive Series Experiments.

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Appendix 4 - Soil Nutrient Change in the Soil Beneath Treatments of the Additive Series Experiment.

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Appendix 5 - Quackgrass Spreadsheet Model Cell Format Codes.

Quackgrass Photos

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