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velvetweed
velvetweed or velvetleaf: see mallow .
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Shannon face Belfast Cup journey.(SPORT)
Magazine article from: Irish Independent (Dublin, Republic of Ireland); 2/16/2007; 175 words
; ...date, will see Garryowen at home to the surprise packets of the competition Clonakilty. The AIB Junior Cup semifinals will see Mallow and Crosshaven at home to Coleraine and Seapoint respectively on Saturday, March 17. Meanwhile, Shannon have four representatives...
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Densities of Heliothis virescens and Helicoverpa zea (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in three plant hosts.(garbanzo bean, upland cotton, and velvetleaf )(Report)
Magazine article from: Florida Entomologist; 12/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...arietinum L.), upland cotton (Gossipium hirsutum L.), and velvetleaf (Abutilon theophrasti Medikus) finding that garbanzo bean...studies, garbanzo bean offers a clear advantage over cotton or velvetleaf to obtain collections of heliothines. Key Words: Tobacco budworm...
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Finally! On store shelves and in gardens for years, an inexpensive and environmentally safe weed killer recently received the support of the scientific community. (The Consumers' Observation Post).(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Consumers' Research Magazine; 9/1/2002; 132 words
; ...Agricultural Research Service (ARS) have verified that vinegar kills major weeds, such as lamb's-quarters, giant foxtail, velvetleaf, smooth pigweed, and Canada thistle. Vinegar solutions of 5% and 10% concentrations got rid of weeds during their first two...
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FARMERS CAN WATCH WEEDS WITHER ONLINE.(Monsanto's weed control research can be found online)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Agri Marketing; 6/1/2001; 96 words
; ...displays a new picture of a side-by-side greenhouse trial comparing Roundup UltraMAX and Syngenta's latest imitator product on velvetleaf and barnyardgrass. While at the Web site, growers can vote on which product they would be most confident using on their own...
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Rubbery yolks? Check the feed!
Magazine article from: Countryside & Small Stock Journal; 1/1/1993; 226 words
; ...break. The culprit turned out to be velvetleaf This large, fast-growing weed with...containing as little as 1.5 percent velvetleaf seeds produced yolks with 55.3...free-range birds would be to eliminate velvetleaf from their foraging area.
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City asks for diligence keeping weeds cut
Newspaper article from: The Gazette; 8/24/2006; ; 604 words
; ...on athletic fields and robust gardens. And weeds. Soaring dandelions with seed heads the size of soccer balls. Big, hairy velvetleaf. And all manner of prickly, spiny thistles. Everywhere you look, seemingly, there are weeds. Usually in your neighbor's yard...
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Underground Biocontrol Allies?
Magazine article from: Agricultural Research; 10/1/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...looking for microbes that might combat velvetleaf, cocklebur, jimsonweed, and other weeds...on leafy spurge. In the soil around velvetleaf seedling roots, Kremer found the most...them for greenhouse tests. 'When the velvetleaf seedlings were 2 weeks old,' he says...
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Vinegar gives weeds a bitter
Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; 7/14/2002; ; 300 words
; ...weed killer. In a study released this spring, researchers tested vinegar's effect on common lamb's quarters, giant foxtail, velvetleaf, smooth pigweed and Canada thistle in the field and in a greenhouse. A 5% concentration of vinegar, similar to that found...
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Ten weeds we could live without.
Magazine article from: Agricultural Research; 6/1/1991; ; 700+ words
; ...this one with the picturesque name of velvetleaf. In greenhouse tests with this common...rhizobacterium slashed top growth of 14-day-old velvetleaf seedlings by 88 percent, compared with...If left unhindered, a single healthy velvetleaf plant can set up to 8,000 seeds, and...
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 "Newsday (Melville, NY)")
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Newsday, Melville, N.Y., Garden Detective column.(Column)
Newspaper article from: Newsday (Melville, NY); 10/5/2006; 231 words
; ...actually Abutilon theophrasti, a common weed also known as velvetleaf. By now, you might be seeing small yellow flowers, which eventually will leave behind round seed pods. Although velvetleaf is a summer annual, those seed pods can survive the winter...
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mallow
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...species, includes several house and bedding ornamentals. Some Asian species yield a fiber known as China jute—e.g., the velvetweed ( A. theophrasti ), called also Indian mallow and velvetleaf for the texture of its foliage. This plant, introduced to the...
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