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Table 4.2. Susceptibility of perennating weeds with different growth habits to uprooting, dismemberment, and burial by tillage implements

Sever Fragment

root and storage

Growth form Uproot shoot organ Bury Examples

Wandering perennials
rhizomes,etc.,below tillage depth Very low Moderate Very low Moderate Convolvulus arvensis, Asclepias syriaca

rhizomes,etc.,above tillage depth Low Moderate Moderate/propagate Moderate Elytrigia repens , Sonchus arvensis, Cynodon dactylon

with bulb,tuber etc. Low Moderate Very low Moderate Cyperus rotundus , Arrhenatherum elatius var. bulbosum

Stationary perennials
with taproot,bulb,etc. Low Low Moderate/propagate High Taraxacum officinale , Rumex crispus, Allium vineale

with fibrous root Moderate High High High Plantago major