Digitaria

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Noun 1. [画像:Digitaria - crab grass]Digitaria - crab grass; finger grass

liliopsid genus, monocot genus - genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed

family Graminaceae, family Gramineae, family Poaceae, Graminaceae, Gramineae, grass family, Poaceae - the grasses: chiefly herbaceous but some woody plants including cereals; bamboo; reeds; sugar cane

crab grass, crabgrass, finger grass - grasses with creeping stems that root freely; a pest in lawns

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However, Munuve confesses that he did not begin as a banana farmer.As many other residents, he was an ardent maize farmer but a stubborn weed known as African couch grass (Digitaria abyssinica), which locals call sangara, pushed him to the fruit.

A gamble with bananas after maize failure pays off for farmer

The present paper reports 18 taxa of Digitaria in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands as a contribution to an ongoing floristic project (Peterson, unpubl.).

TAXONOMIC NOVELTIES AND SYNOPSIS OF THE GENUS DIGITARIA (POACEAE, PANICOIDEAE, PANICEAE) IN PUERTO RICO AND THE VIRGIN ISLANDS

The weeds found varied according to the soybean cultivars, with higher RF% of Euphorbia heterophyla, and Urochloa plantaginea species with the BMX-AlvoRR cultivar, and Ipomoea purpurea, and Digitaria horizontalis with the TEC-7849IPRO cultivar in the first sowing time.

Weed incidence and sowing time affect soybean development

These outlier species were Digitaria ciliaris, Suaeda fruticosa and Ziziphus nummularia (Fig.

Assessment of Vegetation-Edaphic Correlation of Wetland Complex of Soon Valley, Pakistan using Multivariate Techniques

Awofolu et al., "Assessing the enrichment of heavy metals in surface soil and plant (Digitaria eriantha) around coal-fired power plants in South Africa," Environmental Science and Pollution Research, vol.

Study on Strength Characteristics of Solidified Contaminated Soil under Freeze-Thaw Cycle Conditions

The effect of a lactic acid bacterial inoculant with enzymes on the fermentation dynamics, intake and digestibility of Digitaria eriantha silage.

Effect of Glucose and Lactic Acid Bacteria on the Fermentation Quality, Chemical Compositions and in vitro Digestibility of Mulberry (Morus Alba) Leaf Silage

ex Murray B, EA, ER, M I 5430 [Japanese Brome] Digitaria cognata (Schult.) Pilg.

COUNTY RECORDS AND MAJOR RANGE EXTENSIONS FOR WEST CROSS TIMBERS ANGIOSPERMS FROM PROCTOR LAKE RESERVOIR IN COMANCHE COUNTY, TEXAS

(2008) indicated that the bovine vermicompost showed beneficial effects on germination percentage of Digitaria eriantha when mixed with sandy soil in a proportion of 50%.

SEMICOMPOST AND VERMICOMPOST MIXED WITH PEAT MOSS ENHANCE SEED GERMINATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF LETTUCE AND TOMATO SEEDLINGS/SEMICOMPOSTA Y VERMICOMPOSTA MEZCLADA CON TURBA DE MUSGO INCREMENTA LA GERMINACION DE SEMILLA Y DESARROLLO DE PLANTULAS DE TOMATE Y LECHUGA/SEMICOMPOSTAGEM E VERMICOMPOSTAGEM MESCLADA COM TURFA DE MUSGO INCREMENTA A GERMINACAO DE SEMENTE E DESENVOLVIMENTO DE PLANTULAS DE TOMATE E ALFACE