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Offline Freebird11

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« Reply #10 on: September 13, 2011, 07:10:25 AM »
Common mouse ear

Occurrence: Common mouse ear is a short-lived perennial plant, native grasslands and open country, cultivated and waste. It grows in a wide range of soils but prefers dry sandy soils, rich in nutrients with lime added. It records up to 3,600 feet in the UK and has been found in prehistoric sites. The species consists of a variable set of subspecies.

Common mouse ear is a weed of cereals, but is most common in the prairies. In a survey of weeds in conventional cereals in central southern England in 1982, common mouse-ear was found in 0.6% of winter wheat fields, but not at all in spring or winter barley. In a study of seedbanks in some arable soils in the central region shows English in 1972-3, common mouse ear was recorded in 50% of the fields of the sample in Oxfordshire and 6% of people in Warwickshire, but never in large quantities. Aside land in Scotland, was one of the most frequent species in the fields unsown. It was a common weed in the seed banks of the fields in Scotland. In pasture soils in the Netherlands, common mouse ear was frequent in the grass and the soil seed bank.

Common mouse ear can become infected with cucumber mosaic virus is transmitted by the aphid Myzus persicae. Studies have shown that the virus can also be performed in the seed. In infected plants, 2% of the seeds may carry the virus.


Management: The weed is kept under control in early sown cereal crops and full and deep. In a comparison of tillage regimes in winter cereals, common mouse ear was aided by reduced crop. Laboratory studies indicate that the culture in the dark could reduce or delay the onset of common mouse ear.

In pastures, grazing close to the terrible and sheep are effective control measures. Common mouse ear is able to emerge and grow rapidly to dominate the areas of disturbance. It is not grazed by rabbits.



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« Reply #11 on: September 13, 2011, 09:03:09 AM »
You know that cup of coffee Ian. The price just went up. See u in January.x




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