Weed Herbarium

Shama

Common Name: Barnyard grass
Scientific Name: Echinochloa crus-galli (L.) P. Beauv.
Family Name: Gramineae
Type: Grass

Identification Notes

EPPO Code

ECHCG

Life Cycle

Annual

Morphology

Culm: erect, stout, somewhat succulent. Leaves: blades linear, long, sheath slightly keeled, ligule completely wanting. Inflorescence: a panicle, spikelets awned or awnless. Fruit: a caryopsis.

Growing season

Rabi and Kharif

Germination period

January to December

Flowering period

January to December

Propagation

By seed

Habitat

Prefer moist to stagnant water condition. Found in fields of aus rice, jute, transplant aman rice, boro rice, mixed aus-aman rice, and floating rice. Also found in the levee of crop fields, irrigation channel, fallow lands and swamps and marshes

Department of Agronomy

Bangladesh Agricultural University

Shama

EPPO Code

Life Cycle

Morphology

Growing season

Germination period

Flowering period

Propagation

Habitat

Weed potential

Control measure

Recommended herbicide

Distribution

Medicinal properties

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