A new phytotoxic sesquiterpenoid penta-2,4-dienoic acid, named pyrenophoric acid, was isolated from solid wheat seed culture of Pyrenophora semeniperda, a fungal pathogen proposed as a mycoherbicide for biocontrol of cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum) and other annual bromes. These bromes are serious weeds in winter cereals and also on temperate semiarid rangelands. Pyrenophoric acid was characterize...

abstract a field experiment was conducted to study the competitiveness of wheat cultivars against bromus japonicus at sistan agricultural research station during 2003. the experimental design was a randomized complete block assigned in factorial arrangement of treatments with four replications. six wheat cultivars comprised two natives (old cultivars; boulani and kalak-afghni), and four new-rel...

Presence of annual bromes (Bromus spp.), introduced annual weedy grasses, can alter seasonal patterns of forage production and quality and require management changes for efficient use of infested rangelands. We determined biological impacts of the presence of brome by comparing livestock performance on brome infested rangeland to similar sites on which brome had been suppressed by autumn applic...