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Control of Pennisetum clandestinum, Kikuyugrass

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

Victor B. Youngner  and
J. R. Goodin
Victor B. Youngner
Affiliation:
University of California, Los Angeles
J. R. Goodin
Affiliation:
University of California, Los Angeles
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Pennisetum clandestinum Hochst. is a vigorous fast growing grass introduced into sub-tropical areas of the United States from tropical Africa in approximately 1920. It has been used for soil erosion control and turf to a limited extent in California. However, in many places it has become a serious weed.

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Research Article
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Weeds , Volume 9 , Issue 2 , April 1961 , pp. 238 - 242
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Copyright © 1961 Weed Science Society of America 

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