| Abstract: | Abstract Glasshouse experiments showed that the weed “barnyardgrass” (Echinochloa crus‐galli) competes for nitrogen (N) with tomato and pepper crops. Competition was more severe with pepper than with tomato, and greater in both crops the earlier the weed emerged or the longer it grew with the crops. This competition affected growth attributes, fruit yield and its components, and N uptake in both crops. Shoot N content was also affected in pepper. Significant damage to both crops occurred even when weed emergence was as late in the crop growth season as the beginning of flowering. |
