Weed Occurrence in Highland Kimchi Cabbage and Radish Fields

Chang-Seok Kim1   Ki-Deog Kim1   Sam-Nyu Jee1   Jong-Taek Suh1,*   Young-Ju Oh2,*   

1Highland Agriculture Research Institute, National Institute of Crop Science, RDA, Pyeongchang 25342, Korea
2Institute for Future Environmental Ecology Co., Ltd., Jeonju 54883, Korea

Abstract

This study was conducted to investigate the distribution and dominance of weeds in highland Kimchi cabbage and radish fields. As a result of the weed distribution survey, 26 and 104 classification groups occurred, and the 79 and 86 classification groups were distributed in Kimchi cabbage and radish field, respectively. Among the life forms, summer annual occurred most frequently in Kimchi cabbage and radish fields. In the highland field, Galinsoga cilata was dominant and Chenopodium album, Persicaria nepalensis and P. vulgaris appeared. The dominant species according to the slope of the highland field were found to be Chenopodium album in 0-15°and G. cilata in 15-40°. The dominant species according to the altitude of the highland field was found to be Chenopodium album in 500-899 m, and G. cilata in 900-1,299 m. The weed distribution in the highland fields was found to be dominated by Chenopodium album as the altitude and slope were lower and G. cilata as the altitude and slope were higher.

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