Claim · model-written summary
Echinochloa spp was among the most widely recognized, frequent and damaging rice weeds.
- Taxon
- rice
Oryza sativae0
- Interactor
- Echinochloa spp
Echinochloae0weed - Outcome
- most widely recognized, frequent and damaging to ricee0
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Verbatim
e0“Rotala indica, Cyperus spp and Echinochloa spp are the most widely recognized, frequent and damaging to rice”
Title
Potential weeds host-reservoirs of Rice Yellow Mottle Virus in irrigated rice fields of Niger
MAYAKI, Souley ISSAKA; GAMATCHÉ, Habibou BOUBACAR; ZOUBÉIROU, Seyni BOUREIMA; et al. Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) 2025. doi:10.5281/zenodo.17589842
Other claims from this paper (18)
- Observation Seventy-five rice weed species were inventoried.
- Observation The weed inventory included 28 grass species.
- Observation The weed inventory included 10 Cyperaceae species.
- Observation The inventory included 37 species in other broad-leaved herbaceous families.
- Observation Rotala indica was among the most widely recognized, frequent and damaging rice weeds.
- Observation Cyperus spp was among the most widely recognized, frequent and damaging rice weeds.
- Observation Growers were less familiar with Oryza barthii, Leersia Oryzoides and Nymphea tetragonal.
- Observation Twelve weed species were identified as potential RYMV reservoirs.
- Observation Seven potential RYMV reservoir weeds belonged to grasses.
- Observation Five potential RYMV reservoir weeds belonged to Cyperaceae.
- Association The frequency of RYMV reservoir weeds varied by family and plot.
- Observation Grasses accounted for 58.33% of reservoir weeds and predominated over Cyperaceae.
- Observation Cyperaceae accounted for 41.67% of reservoir weeds.
- Observation Cynedon dactylon was the most widespread weed species.
- Observation Echinochloa colona followed Cynedon dactylon in prevalence and was harder to control.
- Observation Cyperus difformis was the most common Cyperaceae weed.
- Observation Cyperus difformis was the most difficult Cyperaceae weed to control.
- Observation Weeding and/or synthetic herbicides proved more effective for weed control.