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Description of Purple and Yellow Nutsedge (Cyperus rotundus and C. esculentus)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

Gene D. Wills
Gene D. Wills*
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Delta Branch of the Mississippi Agric. and For. Exp. Stn., Stoneville, MS 38776
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Both purple nutsedge (Cyperus rotundus L. # CYPRO) and yellow nutsedge (C. esculentus L. # CYPES) are problem weeds in crops in many parts of the world. Yellow nutsedge is found in all U.S. states. Purple nutsedge is confined to the southern region of the United States, ranging from North Carolina across southern Arkansas and into southern California.

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Weed Technology , Volume 1 , Issue 1 , January 1987 , pp. 2 - 9
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Copyright © 1987 by the Weed Science Society of America 

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