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Reproductive Potential of Cyperus esculentus by Tubers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

M. E. Tumbleson  and
Thor Kommedahl
M. E. Tumbleson
Affiliation:
Department of Plant Pathology and Botany, Institute of Agriculture, University of Minnesota, St. Paul 1, Minnesota
Thor Kommedahl
Affiliation:
Department of Plant Pathology and Botany, Institute of Agriculture, University of Minnesota, St. Paul 1, Minnesota
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Cyperus esculentus L., commonly called yellow nutsedge, is a perennial sedge. The single culms, 2 to 9 cm tall, have at the base a swelling termed a basal bulb. Short, weak rhizomes terminate in tubers.

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Research Article
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Weeds , Volume 9 , Issue 4 , October 1961 , pp. 646 - 653
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Copyright © 1961 Weed Science Society of America 

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