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Soil-incorporated Pre-planting Herbicides for Witchweed Control

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

E. L. Robinson
E. L. Robinson*
Affiliation:
Crops Research Division, Agricultural Research Service, U. S. Department of Agriculture
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Witchweed [Striga asiatica (L.) Kuntze] is an annual parasite which was discovered in North Carolina and South Carolina of the southern United States in 1956. This weed presents a hazard to the economic production of corn, sorghum, sugarcane, and other host plants.

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Research Article
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Weeds , Volume 9 , Issue 3 , July 1961, pp. 411 - 415
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Copyright © 1961 Weed Science Society of America 

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