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How to Manage Pests
Pests in Landscapes and Gardens
Published 8/01
In this Guideline:
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Weeds Controlled by Soil Solarization
Common Name |
Scientific Name |
barnyardgrass |
Echinochloa crus-galli |
bermudagrass
(seed*) |
Cynodon dactylon |
bindweed, field
(seed*) |
Convolvulus arvensis |
bluegrass,
annual |
Poa annua |
broomrape |
Orobanche ramosa |
chickweed, common |
Stellaria media |
cocklebur,
common |
Xanthium strumarium |
crabgrass,
large |
Digitaria sanguinalis |
fiddleneck, Douglas |
Amsinckia douglasiana |
goosegrass |
Eleusine indica |
groundsel,
common |
Senecio vulgaris |
henbit |
Lamium amplexicaule |
horseweed |
Conyza canadensis |
johnsongrass
(seed*) |
Sorghum halepense |
lambsquarters,
common |
Chenopodium album |
lettuce, miner's |
Clytonia perfoliata |
mallow, little
(cheeseweed) |
Malva parvidora |
mustard, black |
Brassica nigra |
nightshade,
black |
Solanum nigrum |
nightshade,
hairy |
Solanum sarrochoides |
oat, wild |
Avena fatua |
oxalis,
buttercup |
Oxalis pes-caprae |
pigweed, redroot |
Amaranthus retroflexus |
pigweed, tumble |
Amaranthus albus |
purslane, common |
Portulaca oleracea |
purslane, horse |
Trianthema portulacastrum |
shepherd's-purse |
Capsella bursa-pastoris |
sida, prickly |
Sida spinosa |
sowthistle,
annual |
Sonchus oleraceus |
velvetleaf |
Abutilon theophrasti |
Weeds Unpredictably Controlled
by Soil Solarization
Common Name |
Scientific Name |
bermudagrass
(plant*) |
Cynodon dactylon |
bindweed, field (plant*) |
Convolvulus arvenis |
bull mallow |
Malva niceansis |
johnsongrass (plant*) |
Sorghum halepense |
lovegrass |
Eragrostis sp. |
nutsedge, purple |
Cyperus rotundus |
nutsedge, yellow |
Cyperus esculentus |
sweetclover, white |
Melilotus alba |
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*Seed
of bermudgrass, johnsongrass, and field bindweed are controlled by
solarization. Rhizomes of bermudagrass and johnsongrass may be controlled
by solarization if they are not deeply buried. Solarization alone
is not effective for the control of the rhizomes of field bindweed.
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PUBLICATION INFORMATION
Pest Notes: Weed management
in landscapes
UC ANR Publication 7441
Elmore, C. L., J. J. Stapleton,
C. E. Bell, and J. E. DeVay. 1997. Soil
Solarization: A Nonpesticidal Method for Controlling Diseases, Nematodes,
and Weeds. Oakland: Univ. Calif. Div. Agric. and Nat. Resources,
Publication 21377.
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