-Understanding the weed interference with different sowing times of crop is inevitable for forecasting yield losses by weed infestation and designing sustainable weed management systems. A field experiment was carried out to evaluate the effects of sowing dates (20 th November, 10 th December) and various little seed canary grass (LCG) infestation levels (10, 20, 30 and 40 plant m -2 ) on growth and yield of wheat under semiarid conditions. Plots with two natural infestations of weeds including LCG (Unweeded control; UWC) and excluding LCG (UWC-LCG) were maintained for comparing its interference in pure stands with designated densities. A season-long weed-free (WFC) treatment was also run. All the weeds/ LCG infestation levels starting from 10 LCG plants m and UWC were comparable, however, these losses were much greater than UWC LCG. In crux, delay in sowing of wheat not only reduced the crop growth and yield but also enhanced the LCG/weed interference. Furthermore, greater competitive ability of LCG particularly for latesown wheat suggests that it should be controlled in order to provide healthy environment for crop plants.Keywords: interference, little seed canary grass, sowing time, weeds, wheat yield losses. Palavras-chave: interferência, pouca semente de alpiste, tempo de semeadura, plantas daninhas, perdas de rendimento de trigo.
RESUMO -Entender a interferência de plantas daninhas com diferentes tempos