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Top 5 invasive plants threatening Southern forests in 2009

harminka — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 02:00:11 -0600

U.S. Forest Service Southern Research Station (SRS) Ecologist Jim Miller, Ph.D., one of the foremost authorities on nonnative plants in the South, today identified the invasive plant species he believes pose the biggest threats to southern forest ecosystems in 2009.

Bacteria manage perfume oil production from grass

harminka — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 03:48:54 -0500

Scientists in Italy have found bacteria in the root of a tropical grass whose oils have been used in the cosmetic and perfumery industries.

Summer-dormant tall fescue grass shows promise for pasture improvements

harminka — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 23:41:47 -0600

A pasture improvement research program by Dr. Dariusz Malinowski has him looking at summer-dormant tall fescue grasses as an alternative to winter wheat pastures.

Researchers discover natural herbicide released by grass

harminka — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 08:21:55 -0600

Certain varieties of common fescue lawn grass come equipped with their own natural broad-spectrum herbicide that inhibits the growth of weeds and other plants around them.

New way that benign plants become invasive

harminka — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 04:12:54 -0600