downy brome

An annual grass (Bromus tectorum) having hairy leaves, used as fodder and occurring as a weed in western North American grasslands. Also called cheatgrass.

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downy brome - annual or winter annual grass with softly hairy leaves of the Mediterranean

Bromus tectorum, cheatgrass, downy bromegrass, downy cheat, downy chess, drooping brome

brome, bromegrass - any of various woodland and meadow grasses of the genus Bromus; native to temperate regions

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Control of downy brome (Bromus tectorum) with herbicides and perennial grass competition.

Forage seeding in rangelands increases production and prevents weed invasion

The annual grass weed downy brome, or cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum L.), infests 22 million ha in the Western United States [1] and has degraded croplands used for small grain production and rangelands used for grazing.

Survival of a rifampicin-resistant Pseudomonas fluorescens strain in nine mollisols

Cheatgrass or Downy brome and grasses in the foxtail family are also major sources of infection.

Vile weed: grass-awn infection can kill an otherwise healthy retriever

Soil temperature and moisture effects on downy brome vs.

Effects of thermo priming on seedling growth in basil (Ocimum basilicum L.)

Pacific Northwest farmers who produce winter wheat must also find ways to control germination and growth of winter annual grass weeds, such as jointed goatgrass, feral rye, and downy brome, in their crop fields.

Winter canola: an all-around winner: one day last fall, Agricultural Research Service (ARS) agronomist frank young began to fuel up a school bus with a biodiesel blend made with winter canola. The school kids who were watching him clapped and cheered when young told them that the biodiesel would make the bus smell like French fries

ex Link) Schult.], and introduced weeds downy brome (Bromus tectorum L.), rattlesnake brome lB.

Registration of Fish Creek bottlebrush squirreltail germplasm

Key grass species controlled include cheat, downy brome, medusahead, wild oats, volunteer wheat, and ripgut brome.

Stronger, longer weed control. (Featuring: Water Storage)

Sand burr, downy brome grass, squirrel-tail grass, poverty grass, mesquite, cocklebur and clover are some of the offending plants.

The goat barn: Poisonous plants shouldn't be one of them

They compared chickweed (Stellaria media L.), Canada bluegrass (Poa compressa L.), and downy brome (Bromus tectorum L.) with no cover crop in no-tillage soybean production systems.

Cover crop impacts on watershed hydrology

The research at El Reno focused on bermudagrass, Cynodon dactylon, alone and with a scattering of senescent downy brome, Bromus tectorum, and yellow bristlegrass, Setaria glauca.

A quick way to gauge forage nutrition: real-time method tells whether the grasses livestock feed on are at their peak

Additionally, downy brome (Bromus tectorum L.) was present in this study.

Fallow Management and Nitrogen Fertilizer Influence Winter Wheat Kernel Hardness

Because of an atypical weather pattern in southern Idaho during the winter of 2001-2002, growth of invasive downy brome was suppressed on all pastures during the first year of the study.

Biodiversity rebounds after wildfire. (Up From the Ashes)