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Weed communities of field crops in the Newly Reclaimed lands of Suez Canal region, Egypt

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Last updated: 22 Jan 2023

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One significant biotic barrier to crop production is weeds. The present study aims to analyze the weed vegetation associated with cultivated crops in the newly reclaimed lands in the three Suez Canal governorates (Ismailia, Suez and Port-Said). A total of 148 weed species (96 annuals and 52 perennials) belonging to 110 genera and 26 families were recorded. The most species-rich families were Poaceae, Asteraceae, Amaranthaceae and Fabaceae. Therophytes and Chamaephytes were the most prevailing life-forms. The chorological analysis of the vegetation revealed that Cosmopolitan, Saharo-Sindian and Mediterranean chorotypes either pure or extended into other regions form the major component of the floristic structure. The application of TWINSPAN classification technique yielded four vegetation groups. These groups were dominated by Schismus barbatus, Senecio glaucus, Cynodon dactylon and Melilotus indicus. Biodiversity indices (species richness, Shannon's index, Simpson's index and Evenness index) indicated that vegetation group B was the most diversified among other groups. The ordination of stands in the study area by using DECORANA program showed that the vegetation groups obtained by TWINSAPAN are distinguishable and have a clear-cut pattern of segregation on the ordination diagrams. Canonical Correspondence Analysis (CCA) indicated that soil texture, total nitrogen, calcium, magnesium, potassium, sulphates, electrical conductivity and organic matter were the main soil parameters which determined the distribution of weed vegetation in the study area.
 
 

DOI

10.21608/cat.2023.163080.1144

Keywords

chorology, classification, Flora ordination, Soil-vegetation

Authors

First Name

Lamis

Last Name

Ibrahim

MiddleName

Magdy

Affiliation

Botany and Microbiology Department, Faculty of Science, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt

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lamis.magdy@science.suez.edu.eg

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Ismailia

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First Name

Amal

Last Name

Saleh

MiddleName

Ahmed

Affiliation

Botany and Microbiology Department, Faculty of Science, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt

Email

amalsaleh50@hotmail.com

City

Ismailia

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First Name

Mohamed

Last Name

Ammar

MiddleName

Younis

Affiliation

Botany and Microbiology Department, Faculty of Science, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt

Email

mhamed.ammar@yahoo.co

City

Ismailia

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First Name

Mohamed

Last Name

Helmy

MiddleName

Ahmed

Affiliation

Botany and Microbiology Department, Faculty of Science, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt

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helmymansour@yahoo.com

City

Ismailia

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First Name

Hoda

Last Name

Abd EL-Hamid

MiddleName

Ali

Affiliation

Botany and Microbiology Department, Faculty of Science, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt

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hodaali626@gmail.com

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Ismailia

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Volume

26

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1

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38230

Issue Date

2022-12-01

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2022-09-15

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2022-12-01

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33

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55

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1687-5052

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2090-2786

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644

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Catrina: The International Journal of Environmental Sciences

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22 Jan 2023