Family:GRAMINEAE
Weed description
A stiff, erect grass growing in small clusters, to a height of 1-2 feet or more. Underground stems are thick and hard, very much resembling ginger. Aerial branches are covered with pointed scale leaves at the base; above, the leaves are in two rows ; they are 1-5 inches or more, often flat and glaucous, narrowly lanceolate and long, pointed with hard tips; they are also quite stiff and are either erect or spreading sideways; Leaf-sheath is striate and smooth with ciliate margins. Ligule consists of a short thin membrane hairy at the top. Inflorescence is a much branched, terminal panicle 3-5 inches long.
CONTROL
- When once the grass is established it is extremely difficult to eradicate it. Fortunately, it is never bad cultivated fields. It can be destroyed only by digging out the underground stems or rhizomes and burning them.
- Post emergence application of quizalofop ethyl @ 60 g ai/ ha during crop growth.