Control of weeds in maize and wheat – Part 10: Fleabane
Scientific name: Conyza spp.
Afrikaans name:
Conyza bonariensis: Kleinskraalhans, armoedskruid
Conyza canadensis: Kanadese skraalhans, armoedskruid
Conyza sumatrensis: Vaalskraalhans
English name:
Conyza bonariensis: Flax-leaf fleabane
Conyza canadensis: Horseweed fleabane, fleabane
Conyza sumatrensis: Tall fleabane
Description:
Flax-leaf fleabane can grow up to 1,2 m tall and has side branches that...
Control of weeds in maize and wheat – Part 11: Starvation Senecio
Scientific name: Senecio consanquineus
Afrikaans names: Radiatorbossie, Hongerbos-Senecio
English name: Starvation Senecio, Ragwort
Short description
Plants are vivid green, erect, semi-herbaceous, multi-branched, annual plants, up to 80 cm high, with long taproots. Stems are green with brown stripes, sparsely haired...
Control of weeds in maize and wheat – Part 12: Cocklebur
Scientific name: Xanthium strumarium
Afrikaans name: Kankerroos
English name: Cocklebur
Short description
Cocklebur is a branched, semi-herbaceous, annual plant, growing up to 1,5 m high, of which the seedlings are particularly poisonous.
Adult plants have deep, sturdy taproots and stems are...
Integrated crop and pasture-based livestock production systems – Part 1: Introduction
The economic value, agricultural and soil conservation benefits of pasture-based livestock production in crop production systems are often underestimated and not well quantified. The enormous pressure on crop production areas to consistently produce good...
Integrated crop and pasture-based livestock production systems – Part 2: Weeping lovegrass (Eragrotis curvula)
This article is the second of a series of articles highlighting a specific pasture crop species that can play an imperative role in conservation agriculture (CA) based crop-pasture-rotations. Besides improving the physical, chemical, hydrological...
Integrated crop and pasture-based livestock production systems – Part 3: Smuts finger grass (Digitaria...
This article is the third in a series of articles highlighting a specific pasture crop species that can play an imperative role in conservation agriculture (CA) based crop-pasture-rotations.
Besides improving the physical, chemical, hydrological and...
Integrated crop and pasture-based livestock production systems – Part 4: Rhodes grass (Chloris gayana)
This article is the fourth in a series of articles highlighting a specific pasture crop species that can play an imperative role in conservation agriculture (CA) based crop-pasture-rotations. Besides improving the physical, chemical, hydrological...
Integrated crop and pasture-based livestock production systems – Part 5: Guinea or white buffalo...
This article is the fifth in a series of articles highlighting a specific pasture crop species that can play an imperative role in conservation agriculture (CA) based crop-pasture-rotations. Besides improving the physical, chemical, hydrological...
Integrated crop and pasture-based livestock production systems – Part 6: Blue buffalo grass (Cenchrus...
This article is the sixth of a series of articles highlighting a specific pasture crop species that can play an imperative role in conservation agriculture (CA) based crop-pasture rotations. Besides improving the physical, chemical,...
Integrated crop and pasture-based livestock production systems – Part 7: Bottle brush grass (Anthephora...
This article is the seventh in a series of articles highlighting a specific pasture crop species that can play an imperative role in conservation agriculture (CA) based crop-pasture rotations. Besides improving the physical, chemical,...
