Again a new grass for me !! thanks Sir Ji tanay On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 8:27 AM, Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Lolium temulentum L. from Kashmir, an annual species with awned spikelets, > photographed from Shankeracharya hill on June 23, 2010. > > Common names > English: bearded darnel, Bearded ryegrass, Darnel, Poison darnel > French: Ivraie énivrante > German: Taumellolch > Hindi: Mochni > Punjab: Mostaki > > Good as fodder up to flowering stage, but reported to be source of > poisoning for animals due to fungal infection of grains when fed mixed with > cereals, toxic principle being temuline produced by the fungus Endoconidium > temulentum Pritt & Deloer. Potential creal contaminant. > > -- > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > Retired Associate Professor > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. > Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 > http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > -- Tanay Bose Research Assistant & Teaching Assistant Department of Botany University of British Columbia 3529-6270 University Blvd. Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada) Phone: 778-323-4036
