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Effective Burning of Rangelands Infested with Medusahead

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

Cyrus M. McKell ,
Alma M. Wilson  and
B. L. Kay
Cyrus M. McKell
Affiliation:
Department of Agronomy, Riverside, California Crops Research Division, ARS, USDA
Alma M. Wilson
Affiliation:
Crops Research Division, ARS, USDA
B. L. Kay
Affiliation:
University of California, Davis
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Abstract

Medusahead (Elymus caput-medusae L.) matures later in the spring than most associated species, and has a seed head moisture content of above 30 per cent for approximately a month after leaves and stems begin to dry. High temperature is more injurious to seed viability when seed moisture content is high. Control burns of medusahead infested rangeland were most effective in late afternoon when burning slowly (into a mild wind) and at the soft dough stage of medusahead seed development.

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Research Article
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Weeds , Volume 10 , Issue 2 , April 1962 , pp. 125 - 131
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Copyright © 1962 Weed Science Society of America 

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