| Literature DB >> 27872557 |
Juana De Egea1, Fátima Mereles1, María Del Carmen Peña-Chocarro2, Gloria Céspedes3.
Abstract
Paraguay, a country whose economy is based mainly on agriculture and livestock for export, has experienced a major expansion in mechanized crops during the last few decades. Despite being heavily dependent on agriculture, Paraguay has very limited research on crop weeds, in spite of these having a high economic impact on production. This work aims to update and enhance the knowledgebase on the most common weeds affecting productive fields throughout the different ecoregions of Paraguay. We present here the first checklist of crop weeds for the country, which includes a total of 256 taxa (189 species, 10 subspecies, 54 varieties and 3 forms), with the most species-rich families being Poaceae and Asteraceae followed by Malvaceae, Amaranthaceae, Fabaceae and Solanaceae. The list includes three new records for the country. Synonyms, distribution details within Paraguay, habit and a voucher specimen are provided for each taxon.Keywords: Paraguay; Weeds; agro-ecosystems; crops; new records
Year: 2016 PMID: 27872557 PMCID: PMC5109901 DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.73.10135
Source DB: PubMed Journal: PhytoKeys ISSN: 1314-2003 Impact factor: 1.635
Figure 1.Location of the crop weed collection sites
Crop weed collection sites.
| Map key | Department | Locality | Type of habitat/crop |
|---|---|---|---|
|
|
| Colonia Yguazú, Centro de Investigación Agropecuaria del Paraguay | Soybean crops |
|
|
| Hernandarias | Soybean crops |
|
|
| Minga Guazú, | Soybean crops |
|
|
| Estancia Toro Mocho | Cattle pastures and forest edges |
|
|
| Mariscal Estigarribia, Estancia Jeroviá | Soybean and sorghum crops |
|
|
| Juan Eulogio Estigarribia | Soybean crops |
|
|
| Areguá | Strawberry crops |
|
|
| Asunción | Vegetable patch/home garden |
|
|
| Asunción | Disturbed soils |
|
|
| San Lorenzo, | Potato, tomato and cabbage crops |
|
|
| Villarrica | Disturbed soils |
|
|
| Capitán Miranda | Soybean crops |
|
|
| Nueva Alborada District | Soybean crops |
|
|
| Pirapó | Soybean crops |
|
|
| San Miguel, Establecimiento La Graciela | Rice crops |
|
|
| Villa Florida | Disturbed soils |
|
|
| Villarrica – Paraguarí road | Sugarcane crops |
|
|
| Barrio San Pedro, Dekalpar crops | Corn crops |
|
|
| Cruce Liberación | Disturbed soils |
|
|
|
Instituto Paraguayo de Tecnología Agrícola | Fruit crops |
Number of genera and taxa in the largest families.
| Families | Genera | Taxa |
|---|---|---|
|
| 22 | 50 |
|
| 29 | 41 |
|
| 11 | 20 |
|
| 4 | 13 |
|
| 9 | 12 |
|
| 3 | 12 |
|
| 2 | 11 |
|
| 4 | 10 |
|
| 5 | 10 |
| Other families | 52 | 77 |
Figure 2.Life forms of the taxa included. 1 herbs 2 subshrubs 3 shrubs 4 small trees 5 vines.