Echinochloa

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Noun1.Echinochloa - annual or perennial succulent grasses of warm regionsEchinochloa - annual or perennial succulent grasses of warm regions
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
barn grass, barn millet, barnyard grass, Echinochloa crusgalli - a coarse annual panic grass; a cosmopolitan weed; occasionally used for hay or grazing
billion-dollar grass, Echinochloa frumentacea, Japanese barnyard millet, Japanese millet, sanwa millet - coarse annual grass cultivated in Japan and southeastern Asia for its edible seeds and for forage; important wildlife food in United States
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nigra in the laboratory and fed them on brown sugar and buds of Echinochloa colona (L.) Link (Poaceae), resulting in fecundity of 29 eggs per female.
In Study 2, the following weeds were identified: Oryza sativa, barnyard grass (Echinochloa spp.), goosegrass [Eleusine indica (L.) Gaertn.] and Panicum maximum (Poaceae Family); rice flatsedge (Cyperus iria L.) and Cyperus esculentus (Cyperaceae family); joint vetch (Aeschynomene denticulata Rudd.) (Fabaceae family); and alligator weed [Alternanthera philoxeroides (Mart.) Griseb] (Amaranthaceae family).
It includes lemongrass, Chinese date, Bombax costatum (Silk cotton tree); Dichrostachys cinereal (Sicklebush) and Echinochloa pyrimidalis (Antelope grass).
In irrigated rice cultivation, the intensive use of herbicides inhibiting the enzyme acetolactate synthase (ALS) has favored the selection of biotypes of resistant weeds worldwide; among them, those of barnyard grass (Echinochloa crusgalli) (Heap, 2017).
nicaraguensis, present in the complex of weeds of the Asteraceae family (Ecliptaprostrata L.), Cyperaceae (Cyperus rotundus L.), Cyperaceae (Fimbristylis littoralis L.), Poaceae (Echinochloa colona Link), in the rice production areas, in Panama.
The tropical grasses Paspalum virgatum and Echinochloa polystachya, prevalent in contaminated wetlands, possessing rhizospheres colonized by beneficial bacteria (Rivera-Cruz, 2011).
Species members of Brachiaria-Desmostachya included Brachiaria ramose, Desmostachya bipinnata, Echinochloa colonum, Cynodon dactylon and Conyza bonariensis.
Barnyardgrass is a principle rice weed globally, along with other closely related Echinochloa species, and thrives in the flooded rice production system [5].
Most common plant species included Setaria faberi, Setaria pumila, and Echinochloa spp.
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