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Echinochloa

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Echinochloa
genus of grasses in the family Poaceae. Mostly good forage plants but linked anecdotally with outbreaks of primary photosensitization, in grazing ruminants. Toxin unidentified but some plants contain high concentrations of nitrate. Includes E. crus-galli (barnyard grass, Japanese millet), E. pyramidalis (antelope grass), E. utilis.


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Aqueous extracts of leaf and bark of Grewia oppositifolia, Ficus roxburghii, Bauhinia variegata, and Kydia calycina were tested on Echinochloa frumentacea, Eleusine coracana, Zea mays, Vigna unguiculata, and Glycine max test crops and it was found that the bark and leaf are most toxic to food crops (Kaletha et al.
1990) relataram o potencial alelopatico de Ipomoea tricolor, usada na agricultura tradicional para controle de plantas daninhas, demonstrado tambem por meio de medidas da atividade inibitoria de lixiviados aquosos e extratos de material organico das plantas sobre as sementes de Amaranthus leucocarpus e Echinochloa crus-galli.
Kumpai consists of thick mats of mainly perennial herbs, dominated by grasses such as Digitaria species, Echinochloa colonum, Leersia hexandra, Leptochloa chinensis, Panicum conjugatum, P.
 
 
 
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