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Phenotypic Variations Of Kochia Scoparia, Kenneth Malcolm Benson
Phenotypic Variations Of Kochia Scoparia, Kenneth Malcolm Benson
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
Kochia scoparia (L.) Schrad. has had limited use as a forage crop during the past fifteen years in parts of the western United States, Canada, and Argentina. Erickson and Moxon (1947) reported kochia* to be a good emergency feed for sheep and cattle during dry years in South Dakota. Salguero (1946) said that this species could be utilized in Argentina as silage or pasturage if harvested before flowering. Bell, et al. (1952) in Saskatoon, Canada studied this species in a comparison with other introduced plants and reported that it seemed to have desirable nutrient characteristics for livestock roughage. Plummer …