Is Vicia faba population affected by parasitism from Orobanche crenata more than by competition from non-parasitic weeds?

Pavel Kovář 1 , Esmat A. Hassan 2 & Eduard Brabec 3

Affiliations

  1. Department of Botany, Charles University, Benátská 2, CZ-128 01 Praha 2, Czech Republic
  2. Botany Laboratory, National Research Centre, Dokki. Cairo, Egypt
  3. Institute of Botany, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, CZ-252 43 Průhonice, Czech Republic
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Abstract

Three experimental treatments were used to compare the growth and production of broadbean (Vicia faba cv. Giza 2), i.e. (1) in pure culture, (2) infected with the Mediterranean broomrape Orobanche crenata, and, (3) under competition with multispecies spontaneously grown community of non-parasitic weeds. The experiment was carried out in a glasshouse from March to July (in Central Bohemia, Czech Republic). The results suggest that the competitive effect of non-parasitic weeds was, under the given conditions, more pronounced than the effect of broomrape parasite on the broadbean yield and other parameters measured.

Keywords

Orobanche crenata, Vicia faba, non -parasitic weeds, parasitism, competition, glasshouse experiment, Czech Republic, Egypt

How to cite

Kovář P., Hassan E. A. & Brabec E. (1997) Is Vicia faba population affected by parasitism from Orobanche crenata more than by competition from non-parasitic weeds? – Preslia 69: 185–190