A greenhouse experiment was carried out from November 2005 to April 2006 at FCAV/UNESP, Brazil, to study the growth and accumulation and distribution of dry mass and macronutrients in Ipomoea hederifolia, an important weed in annual and perennial crops in Brazil. The plants were grown in 7-liter pots with sand substrate and irrigated with Hoagland and Arnon nutrient solution. The treatments corresponded to evaluation times, at 14 day intervals, beginning on the 21st day after emergence (DAE). Plants of four pots were analyzed for growth and mineral nutrition. I. hederifolia showed small dry mass and macronutrient accumulation at the beginning of the experimental phase, intensified after 63 DAE. The leaves and stems were the main structures accumulating dry mass in the first and second half of the cycle,respectively,. N and K accumulated most in I. hederifolia plants. The maximum dry mass and macronutrient period for I. hederifolia occurred between 133 and 146 DAE.
weeds; morningglory; dry mass; macronutrients
