A well maintained turfgrass area provides many aesthetic and functional benefits. Decades of scientific research has been conducted to help managers maximize plant health and minimize environmental impact. Still, significant concern for environmental quality and human health has raised public awareness and led to increased scrutiny of management practices, especially pest management. For many y...

Grasses (Poaceae) lack the complex biochemical pathways and structural defenses employed by other plant families; instead they deposit microscopic silica (SiO2) granules in their leaf blades (i.e., phytoliths) as a putative defense strategy. Silica accumulation in grasses has generally been considered an inducible defense; other research suggests silica accumulation occurs by passive diffusion ...

Pangola digitgrass (Digitaria decumbens Stent.) can be used as a pasture grass or it can be harvested as hay. I t originated in Africa and has been in t roduced to other tropical and subtropical areas of the world. Winchester and Haysl ip (5) repor ted that the grass e l iminated populat ions of the root&not nematode, Meloidogyne incognita acrita Chitwood and Oteifa, 1952. Overman (3) sampled 7...

Considered as the oldest cereal, fonio (Digitaria exilis Stapf.) is grown in West Africa for its therapeutic virtues, nutritional and organoleptic qualities. It plays an important socio-cultural economic role populations of western Burkina Faso. However, very few studies on genetic diversity have been carried out. This study aims to contribute a better knowledge Digitaria Faso using agro-morpho...