The Minnesota Department of Agriculture has added 6 new weed species to the state list of harmful weeds.
As the leading agency for the regulation of harmful weeds, the Ministry, on the recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Poisonous Plants, updates this state list every three years.
Weeds often have a more powerful root system, which makes it possible to consume significantly more water and nutrients from the soil than crop plants consume.
Six new species added to the list:
- Japanese honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica);
- Bohemian peas (Polygonum x bohemicum);
- Siberian peas (Caragana arborescens);
- European alder (Alnus glutinosa);
- Common Maple (Acer platanoides);
- Winged burning bush (Euonymus alatus).
Also indicated are three species that changed categories:
- Japanese nodular (Polygonum cuspidatum);
- Gigantic knotty (P. sachalinense) - these two plants have been moved from “Specially Regulated” to the category “Prohibited Control”;
- Tree of Heaven (Ailanthus altissima) - has been moved from Prohibited Control to Prohibited Elimination.
Plants on this list may be harmful to public health, the environment, public roads, crops, livestock, or other property. There are restrictions on their sale, transportation, growth or distribution.
- Earlier we wrote how to get rid of weeds on the lawn, their types and methods of control.
- The leading experts of the Novosibirsk Agrarian University have recently filed a patent for their unique invention, which is likely to be useful to all farmers tired of fighting weeds on their lands.
- In the process of holding a working meeting on the basis of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food of the Samara Region, representatives of the regional administration assured that this year a substantial sum of money will be spent on weed control.