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Breaking Dormancy in Seeds of Cuscuta approximata

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

D. C. Tingey and
Keith R. Allred
D. C. Tingey
Affiliation:
Dept. of Agronomy, Utah State Univ., Logan, Utah
Keith R. Allred
Affiliation:
Dept. of Agronomy, Utah State Univ., Logan, Utah
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Dodder lowers the yield and quality of alfalfa seed, interferes with harvesting, and adds to the cost of cleaning and processing the seed for market. There are at least three species of dodder that are troublesome in alfalfa seed fields in Utah: Large seeded alfalfa dodder (Cuscuta indecora Choisy var. neuropetala (Engelm.) Hitch.), Western field dodder (Cuscuta campestris Yuncker) and small-seeded alfalfa dodder (Cuscuta approximata Bab. var. urceolata (Kuntze) Yuncker) (Figure 1).

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Weeds , Volume 9 , Issue 3 , July 1961, pp. 429 - 436
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Copyright © 1961 Weed Science Society of America 

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