Protecting Winter Wheat
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Protecting Winter Wheat
Image: © Roger Gilbertson Taken: 5 Nov 2006
The tractor is spraying winter wheat to prevent the growth of Black-grass (L. Alopecurus myosuroides), also known as black twitch, hungerweed, rat-tail grass, slender foxtail or field foxtail. In the past, straw and stubble burning after cereal harvest killed a significant proportion of any black-grass seeds but burning is no longer permitted.
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Image Location
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