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Echinochloa crus-galli (L.) P.Beauv.

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Echinochloa crus-galli (L.) P.Beauv.
Echinochloa crus-galli (L.) P.Beauv.
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Echinochloa crus-galli (L.) P.Beauv.
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Echinochloa crus-galli (L.) P.Beauv.
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Echinochloa crus-galli (L.) P.Beauv.
Echinochloa crus-galli (L.) P.Beauv.
Echinochloa crus-galli (L.) P.Beauv.
Echinochloa crus-galli (L.) P.Beauv.
Echinochloa crus-galli (L.) P.Beauv.
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Echinochloa crus-galli (L.) P.Beauv.
Echinochloa crus-galli (L.) P.Beauv.
Echinochloa crus-galli (L.) P.Beauv.
Echinochloa crus-galli (L.) P.Beauv.
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Echinochloa crus-galli (L.) P.Beauv.
Echinochloa crus-galli (L.) P.Beauv.
🗒 Synonyms
synonymEchinochloa caudata Roshev.
synonymEchinochloa commutata Schult.
synonymEchinochloa crus-corvi (L.) P.Beauv.
synonymEchinochloa crus-galli f. aristata (Vasinger) Morariu, nom. illeg.
synonymEchinochloa crus-galli f. atra (Kuntze) Soó
synonymEchinochloa crus-galli f. breviseta (Döll) Morariu
synonymEchinochloa crus-galli f. breviseta (Gaudin) P.Silva
synonymEchinochloa crus-galli f. echinata (Willd.) Morariu
synonymEchinochloa crus-galli f. exigua (Holub) Soó
synonymEchinochloa crus-galli f. exigua (Holuby) Soó
synonymEchinochloa crus-galli f. longiseta (Trin.) Farw.
synonymEchinochloa crus-galli f. mitis (Pursh) Farw.
synonymEchinochloa crus-galli f. mixta (A.F.Schwarz) Soó
synonymEchinochloa crus-galli f. mutica (Vasinger) Morariu
synonymEchinochloa crus-galli f. mutica (Vasinger) Morariu, nom. illeg.
synonymEchinochloa crus-galli f. purpurea (Pursh) Farw.
synonymEchinochloa crus-galli f. rohlenae (Domin) Soó
synonymEchinochloa crus-galli f. submutica (Neilr.) Morariu
synonymEchinochloa crus-galli f. viridissima (Honda) Kitag.
synonymEchinochloa crus-galli f. vittata F.T.Hubb.
synonymEchinochloa crus-galli f. zelayensis (Kunth) Farw.
synonymEchinochloa crus-galli subsp. caudata (Roshev.) Tzvelev
synonymEchinochloa crus-galli subsp. erecta (Pollacci) Cif. & Giacom.
synonymEchinochloa crus-galli subsp. spiralis (Vasinger) Tzvelev
synonymEchinochloa crus-galli subsp. zelayensis (Kunth) Shinners
synonymEchinochloa crus-galli var. aristata Gray
synonymEchinochloa crus-galli var. austrojaponensis Ohwi
synonymEchinochloa crus-galli var. breviseta (Gaudin) Neilr.
synonymEchinochloa crus-galli var. caudata (Roshev.) Kitag.
synonymEchinochloa crus-galli var. crus-corvi (L.) Mathieu
synonymEchinochloa crus-galli var. crus-galli
synonymEchinochloa crus-galli var. echinata (Willd.) Honda
synonymEchinochloa crus-galli var. formosensis Ohwi
synonymEchinochloa crus-galli var. kasaharae Ohwi
synonymEchinochloa crus-galli var. longiseta (Döll) Podp.
synonymEchinochloa crus-galli var. mitis (Pursh) Peterm.
synonymEchinochloa crus-galli var. mutica (Elliott) Rydb.
synonymEchinochloa crus-galli var. praticola Ohwi
synonymEchinochloa crus-galli var. submutica Neilr.
synonymEchinochloa crus-galli var. viridissima Honda
synonymEchinochloa crus-galli var. zelayensis (Kunth) Hitchc.
synonymEchinochloa crus-pavonis var. austrojaponensis (Ohwi) S.L.Dai
synonymEchinochloa crus-pavonis var. breviseta (Döll) S.L.Dai
synonymEchinochloa crus-pavonis var. breviseta (Gaudin) S.L.Dai
synonymEchinochloa crus-pavonis var. praticola (Ohwi) S.L.Dai
synonymEchinochloa crusgalli subsp. submutica Honda
synonymEchinochloa crusgalli var. breviseta (Döll) Podp.
synonymEchinochloa disticha St.-Lag. [Illegitimate]
synonymEchinochloa disticha St.-Lag., nom. superfl.
synonymEchinochloa dubia Roem. & Schult.
synonymEchinochloa echinata (Willd.) Nakai
synonymEchinochloa formosensis (Ohwi) S.L.Dai
synonymEchinochloa glabrescens Kossenko
synonymEchinochloa hispida (E.Forst.) Schult.
synonymEchinochloa hispida (G.Forst.) Schult.
synonymEchinochloa macrocarpa var. aristata Vasinger
synonymEchinochloa macrocarpa var. mutica Vasinger
synonymEchinochloa macrocorvi Nakai
synonymEchinochloa madagascariensis Mez
synonymEchinochloa micans Kossenko
synonymEchinochloa muricata var. occidentalis Wiegand
synonymEchinochloa occidentalis (Wiegand) Rydb.
synonymEchinochloa paracorvi Nakai
synonymEchinochloa persistentia Z.S.Diao
synonymEchinochloa pungens var. occidentalis (Wiegand) Fernald & Griscom
synonymEchinochloa spiralis Vasinger
synonymEchinochloa tzvelevii Mosyakin ex Mavrodiev & H.Scholz
synonymEchinochloa zelayensis (Kunth) Schult.
synonymEchinochloa zenkowskii Schltdl.
synonymIschaemum glabrescens Ham. ex Hook.f. [Invalid]
synonymIschaemum glabrescens Ham. ex Hook.f., pro syn.
synonymMilium crus-galli (L.) Moench
synonymOplismenus crus-corvi (L.) Dumort.
synonymOplismenus crus-galli (L.) Dumort.
synonymOplismenus crus-galli var. muticus (Elliott) Alph.Wood
synonymOplismenus dubius (Roem. & Schult.) Kunth
synonymOplismenus echinatus (Willd.) Kunth
synonymOplismenus limosus J.Presl
synonymOplismenus zelayensis Kunth
synonymOrthopogon crus-galli (L.) Spreng.
synonymOrthopogon echinatus (Willd.) Spreng.
synonymPanicum alectorocnemum St.-Lag. [Illegitimate]
synonymPanicum alectorocnemum St.-Lag., nom. superfl.
synonymPanicum alectromerum Dulac [Illegitimate]
synonymPanicum alectromerum Dulac, nom. superfl.
synonymPanicum coarctatum Steven ex Trin. [Invalid]
synonymPanicum coarctatum Steven ex Trin., pro syn.
synonymPanicum corvi Thunb. [Illegitimate]
synonymPanicum corvi Thunb., nom. superfl.
synonymPanicum corvipes Stokes [Illegitimate]
synonymPanicum corvipes Stokes, nom. superfl.
synonymPanicum cristagalli Gromov ex Trautv. [Spelling variant]
synonymPanicum cristagalli Gromov ex Trautv., orth. var.
synonymPanicum crus-corvi L.
synonymPanicum crus-galli atra Kuntze
synonymPanicum crus-galli f. atra Kuntze
synonymPanicum crus-galli f. exiguum Holuby
synonymPanicum crus-galli f. hispidum Kuntze
synonymPanicum crus-galli f. hispidum Kuntze, nom. illeg.
synonymPanicum crus-galli f. mixtum A.F.Schwarz
synonymPanicum crus-galli L.
synonymPanicum crus-galli var. angustifolium Döll
synonymPanicum crus-galli var. aristatum Pursh
synonymPanicum crus-galli var. brevisetum Döll
synonymPanicum crus-galli var. brevisetum Gaudin
synonymPanicum crus-galli var. echinatum (Willd.) Döll
synonymPanicum crus-galli var. erectum (Pollacci) Fiori
synonymPanicum crus-galli var. longisetum Döll, nom. illeg.
synonymPanicum crus-galli var. longisetum Trin.
synonymPanicum crus-galli var. mite Pursh
synonymPanicum crus-galli var. muticum Elliott
synonymPanicum crus-galli var. prostratum Kuntze
synonymPanicum crus-galli var. pumilum Goiran
synonymPanicum crus-galli var. purpureum Pursh
synonymPanicum crus-galli var. pygmaeum Kuntze
synonymPanicum crus-galli var. rohlenae Domin
synonymPanicum crus-galli var. submuticum (Neilr.) Hayek
synonymPanicum crus-galli var. vulgare Döll
synonymPanicum crus-galli var. zelayense (Kunth) Stratman
synonymPanicum crus-pici Willd. ex Döll [Invalid]
synonymPanicum crus-pici Willd. ex Döll, nom. nud.
synonymPanicum cruscorvi L.
synonymPanicum dubium Sieber ex Steud. [Invalid]
synonymPanicum dubium Sieber ex Steud., pro syn.
synonymPanicum echinatum Willd.
synonymPanicum goiranii Rouy
synonymPanicum grossum Salisb. [Illegitimate]
synonymPanicum grossum Salisb., nom. superfl.
synonymPanicum hispidum G.Forst.
synonymPanicum limosum J.Presl ex Nees
synonymPanicum numidianum Sieber ex Schult. [Invalid]
synonymPanicum numidianum Sieber ex Schult., pro syn.
synonymPanicum oryzetorum Sickenb. [Illegitimate]
synonymPanicum oryzetorum Sickenb., nom. illeg.
synonymPanicum scindens Nees ex Steud.
synonymPanicum segetale Roxb. ex Hook.f. [Invalid]
synonymPanicum segetale Roxb. ex Hook.f., pro syn.
synonymPanicum zelayense (Kunth) Steud.
synonymPanicum zenkowskii Rupr. ex Schltdl., nom. altern.
synonymPennisetum crus-galli (L.) Baumg.
🗒 Common Names
Anglais / English
  • Common barnyardgrass
  • Cockspur grass
  • Dutch kut grass
  • Barnyardgrass
Bengali
  • Barashyamaghas
  • Dalghash
Français / French
  • Panic pied de coq
  • Panisse pied-de-coq
Hindi
  • Shama
  • Kayada
  • Gobra
  • Jatghasha
Other
  • Sawank
  • Fre: Panisse pied-de-coq
  • Fre: Panic pied de coq
  • Eng: Barnyardgrass
  • Eng: Dutch kut grass
  • Cockspur grass
Urdu
  • Dhiddan
📚 Overview
Overview
Brief
Code

ECHCG

Growth form

grass

Biological cycle

annual

Habitat

marshland

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    Diagnostic Keys
    Description
    Global description
     
    Echinochloa crus-galli is a rooted aquatic grass, occurring as an erect tuft, 50 to 100 cm high, tillering vigorously but does not take roots at the nodes. Roots are fibrous, white or brown. Stems are rounded, glabrous. Leaves are linear, glabrous, without ligule. Leaf sheath present. Flowers are hermaphrodite, grouped in a spike or in a terminal panicle of spiciform purple or brown racemes. The fruit is a caryopsis. Notes: From a systematic point of view, this is an extremely variable species, and has been divided into several varieties and forms. The absence of ligule and the presence of numerous racemes which are spaced, erect or branched are discriminating characteristics.
     
    First leaves
     
    Seedlings are difficult to differentiate from those of rice, but their leaves are harder and have a darker and thinner central rib. The prefoliation is rolled.
     
    General habit
     
    Annual plant, tufted, E. crus-galli reaches 50 to 100 cm in height and tillering vigorously.
     
     
    Underground system
     
    The root system is fasciculate
     
    Culm
     
    The culm is cylindrical, glabrous. It is greenish to purplish.
     
    Leaf
     
    The leaves are linear, lanceolate, flat, and totally hairless. The leaf sheaths are red unlike rice which has green sheaths. The ligule is absent.
     
    Inflorescence
     
    The inflorescence is composed of many linear spiciform racemes, distributed along the floral axis and comprising of bi-florous spikelets, arranged in four rows, on one side of the rachis.
     
    Spikelet
     
    The spikelets are subglobose, 2.5 to 3.5 mm. Upper glume and lower lemma are hispid and terminate in short tip. The lemma and palea of ​​upper flower are smooth and shiny.
     
    Grain
     
    The grain is a caryopsis.

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      📚 Natural History
      Life Cycle

      Life cycle

      Annual
      Annual

      The entire development cycle of Echinochloa crus-galli is made within 42-64 days.

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        Reproduction
        Echinochloa crus-galli is an annual plant. It reproduces and spreads by seed or vegetative propagation. Seeds are often mixed with those of rice. The number of seeds produced by a plant can vary from 2 000 to 40 000. Some seeds germinate immediately after harvest, while others remain dormant for 4 to 48 months. Photoperiodism affects seed dormancy, both in duration and intensity.

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          Morphology

          Growth form

          Tuft plant with narrow leaves
          Tuft plant with narrow leaves

          Leaf type

          Grass or grass-like
          Grass or grass-like

          Latex

          Without latex
          Without latex

          Root type

          Fibrous roots
          Fibrous roots

          Ligule type

          Without ligule
          Without ligule

          Stipule type

          No stipule
          No stipule

          Leaf attachment type

          with graminate sheathing
          with graminate sheathing

          Fruit type

          Grain of grasses
          Grain of grasses

          Lamina base

          sheathing grass-like broader
          sheathing grass-like broader

          Lamina apex

          attenuate
          attenuate

          Inflorescence type

          Condensed spike
          Condensed spike
          Alternate racemes
          Alternate racemes
          Look Alikes
          A closely related species, Echinochloa crus-pavonis is much like E. crusgalli and is often difficult to distinguish from that polymorphic species. The rather soft, pinkish, or pale purple panicle with crowded spikelets with very long awns is characteristic of E. crus-pavonis.
           

          Comparison of Echinochloa
          ligule absent sheath green Narrow leaf = 8 mm E. colona
          sheath reddish Large leaf= 15 mm E. crus-galli
          Hairs of ligule fringe of cilia Leaf size < 20 mm E. stagnina
          well-developed cilia Leaf size > 20 mm E. pyramidalis




          Distinction of Echinochloa species is not easy

          Distinctivve criteria of several Echinochloa species

          Biology Ligule Callus Racèmes Spickelet disposal Spickelet size Species
          annual ciliate globular 6-8 simple 2 raws 3-4 mm E. callopus
          annual absent absent numerous ramified fasciculate 2-3 mm E. crus-pavonis
          annual absent absent numerous simple 2 raws or more 3-4 mm E. crus-galli
          annual absent absent numerous simple 4 raws 1,5-3 mm E. colona
          annual/vivacious absent absent 2 - 12 simple 2 raws 3 mm E. obtusiflora
          vivacious ciliate absent numerous simple or ramified fasciculate 2,5-3,5 mm E. pyramidalis
          vivacious ciliate absent numerous simple unilateral fasciculate 3,5-6 mm E. stagnina


           
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            Ecology
            Echinochloa crus-galli is the most cosmopolitan and most important species of the genus Echinochloa from the economic point of view. This is the most widely spread weed of the rice fields in South and Southeast Asia. Native to tropical Asia, it is widespread in tropical and subtropical regions between 50 ° N and 40 ° S latitude. The extent of its spread and aggressiveness are due to the rapid development, high production of seeds, low dormancy and a good adaptation to various environmental conditions. It occurs at low or medium altitude, prefers sunny and moist areas and can even continue its growth while it is partially submerged. It is a common weed in swamps and aquatic environments. But it grows well in drier soils, albeit with smaller dimensions and a number of tillers, panicles and inferior seeds. Growth is good on sandy soils, clay, especially if the nitrate level is high.
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              📚 Habitat and Distribution
              Description

              Geographical distibution

              Madagascar
              Madagascar
              Mauritius
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              Origin

              Echinochloa crus-galli is native to Africa, Europe and Asia.

              Worldwide distribution

              North, Central and South America, Mediterranean and Southern Africa, Europe, Asia.
               

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                📚 Occurrence
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                📚 Demography and Conservation
                Risk Statement
                Global harmfulness

                The ecology of Echinochloa crus-galli is comparable to rice. Also this weed resemble a lot to rice, in the young stages and it is common to find that 10% of plants can mix with rice at its transplantation. Where rice is directly sown, the weed germinates simultaneously, within 5 to 6 days. Because it can sprout and produce new culms throughout the year, E. crus-galli can appear and develop rapidly in alignment cultures. Experiments have shown that in dense stands, this species may take from 60 to 80% of soil nitrogen quantities.
                 
                Local harmfulness

                Benin: Echinochloa crus-galli is a major annual weed of irrigated rice and lowland rice. At seedling stage, E. crus-galli is difficult to discern from a rice seedling, making the manual control difficult. E. crus-galli is characteristic of clay soil and very wet soils like vertisols, recent alluvium along the watercourses, the planasols and lowland areas. It is common and sometimes abundant during the international season in temporarily flooded plots.
                Burkina Faso: frequent and scarce.
                Ivory Coast: common and generally abundant.
                Ghana: frequent and generally abundant.
                Kenya: frequent and generally abundant.
                Madagascar: The Echinochloa’s are common on wet or flooded soils. Major weeds of rice fields.
                Mali: rare but abundant when present.
                Nigeria: frequent and generally abundant.
                Senegal: rare but abundant when present.
                Tanzania: frequent and generally abundant.
                Chad: rare but abundant when present

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                  Threats
                  Madagascar: The Echinochloa plants are hosts of Pyricularia sp. and Meloidogyne incognita, as well as viruses.

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                    📚 Uses and Management
                    Uses
                    Livestock feed: In Madagascar, Echinochloa are often quite good fodder.

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                      Management
                      Global control
                       
                      Agronomical control: A pre-flooding of the culture can be done to destroy the plants before secondary roots of Echinochloa crus-galli develop (technique of false planting). Maintaining the water level from 15 to 20 cm deep in the first month of Rice plantation prevents emergence of E. crus-galli. Rotation with rainfed crop is effective when infestations are severe.

                      Biological control: E. crus-galli is attacked by a large number of insects (often polyphagous), fungi or viruses. Weevil of North American origin, Listronotus humilis might be of interest in biological control. Its larva consumes the ends and young tissues of E. crus-galli seedling.

                      Chemical control: In India, for rice, butachlor at 1.5 kg / ha of anilophos to 400 g / ha, pretilachlor to 1.0 kg / ha or pendimethalin 1.5 kg / Ha is applied before germination. In Pakistan for rice, application of Machete 60 EC, 10 EC of Argold, of Acetor 50 EC 3-5 days after transplanting rice seedlings.
                       
                      For annual grass weed control tips irrigated rice and lowland in Africa, visit: http://portal.wiktrop.org/document/show/32
                       
                       
                      Local control
                       
                      Madagascar: The manual control echinochloa is very difficult because young plants are very difficult to differentiate from rice seedlings. Weeding favors emergence. The echinochloa are plants that support well the flooding. Chemically, possible control oxadiazon, alachlor and diuron at pre-emergence (or pendimethalin crus-galli E.), fenoxaprop-ethyl or post-emergence on young plants. Good control by glyphosate, even on older plants.

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                        References
                        1. Galinato M., Moody K., Piggin C. M. 1999. Upland rice weeds of South and Southeast Asia. IRRI. Philippines.
                        1. Marnotte, P., Carrara, A., Dominati, E. & Girardot, F. 2006. Plantes des rizières de Camargue. Montpellier, France, Cirad, Centre français du riz, Parc naturel régional de Camargue. http://plantes-rizieres-camargue.cirad.fr/monocotyledones/poaceae/echinochloa_crus_galli
                        2. Clayton, W.D., Vorontsova, M.S., Harman, K.T. and Williamson, H. (2006 onwards). GrassBase - The Online World Grass Flora. http://www.kew.org/data/grasses-db.html. [accessed 19 December 2019]
                        1. Dénissov A. I., 1982. Principe d`agriculture tropicale. Ed., Moscou, URSS, 239 p.
                        1. Nayyar M. M., Ashiq M. and Ahmad J. 2001. Manual on Punjab weeds (Part I). Directorate of Agronomy. Ayub Agricultural Research Institute, Faisalabad Pakistan.
                        1. Soerjani, M., Kostermans, A.J.G.H., Tjitrosemito, G. 1987. Weeds of rice in Indonesia. Balai Puskata, Jakarta, Indonesia.
                        1. Waterhouse D. F. 1994. Biological control of weeds: Southeast Asian prospects. ACIAR Monograph No. 26, 302 p.
                        1. Grard, P., T. Le Bourgeois, J. Rodenburg, P. Marnotte, A. Carrara, R. Irakiza, D. Makokha, G. kyalo, K. Aloys, K. Iswaria, N. Nguyen and G. Tzelepoglou (2012). AFROweeds V.1.0: African weeds of rice Montpellier, France & Cotonou, Bénin, Cirad-AfricaRice eds.
                        1. Husson, O., H. Charpentier, F.-X. Chabaud, K. Naudin, Rakotondramanana et L. Séguy (2010). Flore des jachères et adventices des cultures. Annexe 1 : les principales plantes de jachères et adventices des cultures à Madagascar. In : Manuel pratique du semis direct à Madagascar. Annexe 1 - Antananarivo : GSDM/CIRAD, 2010 : 64 p.
                        1. Johnson, D.E., 1997. Weeds of rice in West Africa. WARDA/ADRAO, Bouaké. 150p
                        2. Troupin G. (1989). Flore du Rwanda, Spermatophyte (Volume IV). Musée Royal de l'Afrique centrale, Tervuren, Belgique. 240 p
                        3. Fan Zhang', Jih-Jing Lin3, Theodore C. Fox, Cesar V. Mujer, Mary E. Rumpho, and Robert A. Kennedy (1994). Effect of Aerobic Priming on the Response of Echinochloa crus-pavonis to Anaerobic Stress. Plant Physiology 105: 1149-1 157
                        4. Holm L.G., Plucknett D.L., Pancho J.V., Herberger J.P. (1977. The world's worst weeds: distribution and biology. Honolulu, Hawaii (USA): University of Hawaii Press. 609 p
                        5. I. O. Akobundu, C.W. Agyakwa (1998). A handbook of West African Weeds. International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Ibadan, Nigeria 72p.
                        6. Pancho J.V., Obien Sr. (1995). Manual of ricefield weeds in the Philippines. Muñoz, Nueva Ecija (Philippines): Philippine Rice Research Institute. 543 p.
                        1. Grard, P., Homsombath, K., Kessler, P., Khuon, E., Le Bourgeois, T., Prospéri, J., Risdale, C. 2006. Oswald V.1.0: A multimedia identification system of the major weeds of rice paddy fields of Cambodia and Lao P.D.R. In Cirad [ed.]. Cirad, Montpellier, France. Cdrom. ISBN 978-2-87614-653-2.
                        Information Listing > References
                        1. Galinato M., Moody K., Piggin C. M. 1999. Upland rice weeds of South and Southeast Asia. IRRI. Philippines.
                        2. Marnotte, P., Carrara, A., Dominati, E. & Girardot, F. 2006. Plantes des rizières de Camargue. Montpellier, France, Cirad, Centre français du riz, Parc naturel régional de Camargue. http://plantes-rizieres-camargue.cirad.fr/monocotyledones/poaceae/echinochloa_crus_galli
                        3. Clayton, W.D., Vorontsova, M.S., Harman, K.T. and Williamson, H. (2006 onwards). GrassBase - The Online World Grass Flora. http://www.kew.org/data/grasses-db.html. [accessed 19 December 2019]
                        4. Dénissov A. I., 1982. Principe d`agriculture tropicale. Ed., Moscou, URSS, 239 p.
                        5. Nayyar M. M., Ashiq M. and Ahmad J. 2001. Manual on Punjab weeds (Part I). Directorate of Agronomy. Ayub Agricultural Research Institute, Faisalabad Pakistan.
                        6. Soerjani, M., Kostermans, A.J.G.H., Tjitrosemito, G. 1987. Weeds of rice in Indonesia. Balai Puskata, Jakarta, Indonesia.
                        7. Waterhouse D. F. 1994. Biological control of weeds: Southeast Asian prospects. ACIAR Monograph No. 26, 302 p.
                        8. Grard, P., T. Le Bourgeois, J. Rodenburg, P. Marnotte, A. Carrara, R. Irakiza, D. Makokha, G. kyalo, K. Aloys, K. Iswaria, N. Nguyen and G. Tzelepoglou (2012). AFROweeds V.1.0: African weeds of rice Montpellier, France & Cotonou, Bénin, Cirad-AfricaRice eds.
                        9. Husson, O., H. Charpentier, F.-X. Chabaud, K. Naudin, Rakotondramanana et L. Séguy (2010). Flore des jachères et adventices des cultures. Annexe 1 : les principales plantes de jachères et adventices des cultures à Madagascar. In : Manuel pratique du semis direct à Madagascar. Annexe 1 - Antananarivo : GSDM/CIRAD, 2010 : 64 p.
                        10. Johnson, D.E., 1997. Weeds of rice in West Africa. WARDA/ADRAO, Bouaké. 150p
                        11. Troupin G. (1989). Flore du Rwanda, Spermatophyte (Volume IV). Musée Royal de l'Afrique centrale, Tervuren, Belgique. 240 p
                        12. Fan Zhang', Jih-Jing Lin3, Theodore C. Fox, Cesar V. Mujer, Mary E. Rumpho, and Robert A. Kennedy (1994). Effect of Aerobic Priming on the Response of Echinochloa crus-pavonis to Anaerobic Stress. Plant Physiology 105: 1149-1 157
                        13. Holm L.G., Plucknett D.L., Pancho J.V., Herberger J.P. (1977. The world's worst weeds: distribution and biology. Honolulu, Hawaii (USA): University of Hawaii Press. 609 p
                        14. I. O. Akobundu, C.W. Agyakwa (1998). A handbook of West African Weeds. International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Ibadan, Nigeria 72p.
                        15. Pancho J.V., Obien Sr. (1995). Manual of ricefield weeds in the Philippines. Muñoz, Nueva Ecija (Philippines): Philippine Rice Research Institute. 543 p.
                        16. Grard, P., Homsombath, K., Kessler, P., Khuon, E., Le Bourgeois, T., Prospéri, J., Risdale, C. 2006. Oswald V.1.0: A multimedia identification system of the major weeds of rice paddy fields of Cambodia and Lao P.D.R. In Cirad [ed.]. Cirad, Montpellier, France. Cdrom. ISBN 978-2-87614-653-2.
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