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Agriculture · Q469

Agronomy

Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 469

Q469

Phalaris minor is mainly associated with

A.
Dwarf wheat
Answer
B.
Tall wheat
C.
Barley
D.
Oat

Answer: Option A

Solution

Answer: Option A
Solution:
Phalaris minor is a pernicious weed, which infests several crops during the winter season, particularly the Dwarf wheat in rice - wheat intercropping sequence.
It grows as a tufted annual bunchgrass with a spike like a panicle and grows up to 1.8 meters in height. It is used as fodder or forage for livestock and birdseed.