Weed Herbarium

Angta

Common Name: Torpedo Grass
Scientific Name: Panicum repens L.
Family Name: Gramineae
Type: Grass

Identification Notes

EPPO Code

PANGO

Life Cycle

Perennials

Morphology

Culm: Erect or decumbent, the nodes brownish black. Leaves: Blade linear-lanceolate; sheath glabrous; ligule membranous, truncate. Inflorescence: Open panicle, terminal and axillary, branched, erect; spikelets lanceolate - oblong; glabrous, white to purplish in color. Fruit: Sterile.

Growing season

Rabi and Kharif

Germination period

January to December

Flowering period

March to October

Propagation

By rhizome

Habitat

Found in the fields of Mustard, wheat, pulses, aus rice, jute and transplant aman rice. Also found in the levee of crop fields and irrigation channel, fallow lands and bank of ponds.

Weed potential

With its aggressively spreading rhizomes that can grow for several metres, this is a useful species for binding coastal sands, lake shores and 20 - 30° steep pond slopes. It is a useful species for reclaiming saline soils.

Control measure

Manual weeding and/or Chemical weed control

Recommended herbicide

Pendimethalin, Oxadiargyl, and Acetachlor + bensulfuranmethyl

Distribution

Tropics and subtropics of both hemispheres

Medicinal properties

None known

Department of Agronomy

Bangladesh Agricultural University