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Publication Type:
| Newsletter |
Title: | Weed Alert: Imported Shipments of Tall Fescue Contaminated by Serrated Tussock |
Source: | Newsnotes (Michigan Turfgrass Foundation). Fall 1989, p. 11. |
Publishing Information: | Saginaw, MI: Michigan Turfgrass Foundation |
Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Seed availability; Nassella trichotoma; Festuca arundinacea; Weed control
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Geographic Terms: | United States |
Abstract/Contents: | In November, 1988 three shipments of tall fescue (Festuca arundinacea) from Artgentina were found to be heavily infested with serrated tussock (Nassella trichotoma (Nees) Hackel ex Arech.), a perennial, tussock-forming grass native to argentina. The species is prohibited entry into the United Sates under the Federal Noxious Weed Act. |
Language: | English |
References: | 0 |
Note: | Credit: Weed Science Society of America Newsletter, Vol 17:3, July 1989. Report from the WSSA Weed Alert Committee. R. Westbrooks, Chairman. |
| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete): 1989. Weed Alert: Imported Shipments of Tall Fescue Contaminated by Serrated Tussock. Newsnotes (Michigan Turfgrass Foundation). p. 11. |
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