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Preliminary Studies of the Root System of Kochia scoparia at Hays, Kansas

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

W. M. Phillips
Affiliation:
Crops Research Division, ARS, USDA
J. L. Launchbaugh
Affiliation:
Kans. Agr. Exp. Sta.
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Kochia (Kochia scoparia L.), also commonly called fire weed, is one of the most widespread annual weeds in Kansas and the Great Plains region. The origin of the weed in Kansas is obscure but it was introduced into the United States from Europe (1). The plant had been cultivated as an ornamental and apparently much of its present wide distribution is a result of escape from ornamental plantings.

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Research Article
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Weeds , Volume 6 , Issue 1 , January 1958 , pp. 19 - 23
Copyright
Copyright © 1958 Weed Science Society of America 

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