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A handbbok on Weed Control in Rice.pdf

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Lowland rice weeds/POACEAE (grass family)<br />

<strong>Weed</strong> name: Ischaemurn rugosum<br />

Salisb.<br />

Syn<strong>on</strong>yms: N<strong>on</strong>e<br />

Local names:<br />

Country Comm<strong>on</strong> name<br />

Bangladesh moran (Bengali)<br />

Brazil cap<strong>in</strong> macho (Portuguese)<br />

Colombia trigillo (Spanish)<br />

Dom<strong>in</strong>ican<br />

Republic yerba de papo (Spanish)<br />

Fiji<br />

comura<strong>in</strong>a<br />

India mararo (Bengali)<br />

Ind<strong>on</strong>esia blemben (Javanese)<br />

Malaysia rumput ekor jawi (Malay)<br />

Myanmar ka-gyi-the-myet<br />

Peru mozorquilla (Spanish)<br />

Philipp<strong>in</strong>es t<strong>in</strong>itrigo (Tagalog)<br />

Sri Lanka kudukedu (S<strong>in</strong>halese)<br />

Thailand yah daeng<br />

USA saramollagrass<br />

Life cycle: An annual grass that<br />

grows to 120 cm tall. Propagates by<br />

seeds, which may rema<strong>in</strong> dormant.<br />

Habitat: Prefers wet soils and<br />

swampy areas.<br />

<strong>Weed</strong>y nature: A vigorous, aggressive<br />

weed. Seeds shatter easily, so<br />

that there is a c<strong>on</strong>stant source of<br />

<strong>in</strong>festati<strong>on</strong>. Dur<strong>in</strong>g vegetative growth,<br />

resembles the rice plant, mak<strong>in</strong>g it<br />

difficult to recognize as a weed.<br />

I. rugosum, however, has deep reddish-brown<br />

to purple leaf sheaths, a<br />

color <strong>on</strong>ly weakly developed <strong>in</strong> rice.<br />

Agricultural c<strong>on</strong>cern: Very competitive:<br />

5 plants/m 2 reduced rice yields<br />

15% and 80 plants/m 2 reduced yields<br />

82% <strong>in</strong> IRRl trials (IRRI 1987).<br />

Mature plant<br />

Inflorescence<br />

Seed, magnified<br />

<strong>Weed</strong>s worldwide 19

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