Alopecurus myosuroides

Taxobox
name = "Alopecurus myosuroides"

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image_width = 240px
image_caption = Blackgrass in a Barley crop
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Liliopsida
ordo = Poales
familia = Poaceae
genus = "Alopecurus"
species = "A. myosuroides"
binomial = "Alopecurus myosuroides"
binomial_authority = Huds.

"Alopecurus myosuroides" also known as Slender Meadow Foxtail, Black-Grass, Twitch Grass, Black Twitch.

In the UK, where it is known to farmers as black-grass, it is a major weed of cereal crops and has developed resistance to a range of herbicides used to control it. It can occur at very high densities competing with the crop and seriously reducing the yield of crops such as wheat and barley if not controlled.

External References

* [http://www.pesticides.gov.uk/rags.asp?id=714 UK Weeds Resistance Action Group - advice on Managing and Preventing Herbicide Resistance]
* [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?8738,8792,8796 Jepson Manual Treatment]
* [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=ALMY USDA Plants Profile]
* [http://herbarium.usu.edu/webmanual/info2.asp?name=Alopecurus_myosuroides&type=treatment Grass Manual Treatment]
* [http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/plants/florane/species/2/alopmyos.htm USGS Northeast Wetland Flora Profile]