its other name is ALLIGATOR WEED
WONDER WHY?

usha di

On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 5:44 AM, Ushadi Micromini
<[email protected]>wrote:

> This is a very bad weed...
> must be eradicated where found...
>
> please read pg 12 of this pdf from Australia dept of BIOSECURITY
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> http://www.daff.qld.gov.au/documents/Biosecurity_EnvironmentalPests/IPA-Alligator-Weed-Risk-Assessment.pdf
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> I was distrubed by the numbers in reduction in crop production due to this
> weed in china...       pg 12 of pdf or sec1:10 in its own parlance....
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> we dont have a dept of BIOSECURITY do we?
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> usha di
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> On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 5:29 AM, Ushadi Micromini <
> [email protected]> wrote:
>
>> yes
>> a bad weed
>> some eat it
>> but at their own peril
>> it supposedly concentrates heavy metals in shaloow water ways or
>> canals...
>>
>> only a very large BW  beetle eats it... in nature....
>>
>> could be a famine food...
>>
>>  have not seen it in  neighbourhood markets in south 24 paraganas'cities,
>> but as Ms Chanda says it must be available in local areas where it
>> grows....
>> Thanks Shula for the name
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>> usha di
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>> On Tue, Feb 5, 2013 at 10:53 PM, Rathinasabapathy Bhuvaragasamy <
>> [email protected]> wrote:
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>>> Beautiful set of pictures. TFS
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>>> BRS
>>>
>>> On Tue, Feb 5, 2013 at 8:32 PM, Nidhan Singh 
>>> <[email protected]>wrote:
>>>
>>>> Dear All,
>>>>
>>>> This aquatic weed was shot from a village pond in 2012...*Alternanthera
>>>> philoxeroides (Mart.) Griseb.* the alligator weed...
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Regards,
>>>>
>>>> Dr. Nidhan Singh
>>>> Assistant Professor
>>>> Department of Botany
>>>> I.B. (PG) College
>>>> Panipat-132103 Haryana
>>>> Ph.: 09416371227
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