2012
Common pokeweed management in field crops
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Contributor/Checkoff:
Pennsylvania Soybean Promotion Board
Category:
Sustainable Production
Keywords:
AgricultureCrop protectionHerbicide
Parent Project:
This is the first year of this project.
Lead Principal Investigator:
William Curran, Pennsylvania State University
Co-Principal Investigators:
Project Code:
Contributing Organization (Checkoff):
Pennsylvania Soybean Promotion Board
(n/a)
Institution Funded:
Pennsylvania State University
(n/a)
Brief Project Summary:

Common pokeweed (Phytolacca Americana) is a herbaceous perennial weed that has started to become a large problem in agronomic crops in Pennsylvania, especially in no-till tillage. It is native to North America, and can be found in most of the 50 states as well as Canada, Mexico, and Europe. The most common occurrences are in the eastern United States and southeastern Canada. Only a few counties in Pennsylvania do not have the problem of common pokeweed. Due to the large, persistent taproot, as well as abundant seed production, common pokeweed is difficult to manage. A better understanding of common pokeweed will provide insight to better control and management and therefore fewer worries...

Unique Keywords:
#weed control
Information And Results
Project Deliverables

1. Develop high yielding varieties and germplasm useful to the soybean industry.
2. Develop high yielding varieties and germplasm which have resistance to production barriers (e.g. soybean cyst nematode, foliar diseases, soil and climatic stresses).
3. Improve plant breeding methodologies.
4. Investigate genetic control of important traits.
5. Train graduate students in traditional and modern plant breeding techniques.
6. Develop glyphosate herbicide (Roundup Ready2Yield and GAT) resistant varieties.
7. Develop value-added soybean varieties with low phytate, high protein, low linolenic, and higher oleic fatty acid traits.

Final Project Results

The United Soybean Research Retention policy will display final reports with the project once completed but working files will be purged after three years. And financial information after seven years. All pertinent information is in the final report or if you want more information, please contact the project lead at your state soybean organization or principal investigator listed on the project.