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Ryegrass
Ryegrass meaning
Any of several species of tufted grasses of the genus Lolium. | A collection of plants of any of the species, as in a lawn or field.
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Reeds were also popular back in the day and, in the 19th century, ryegrass stalks were all the rage but they added a weird taste and broke down quicker than my wet noodle from Wendy’s.
In 2013 only two herbicide classes, called Photosystem II and long-chain fatty acid inhibitors, were effective against ryegrass.
Once again, ryegrass in Australia evolved a kind of "cross-resistance" that allowed it to rapidly break down a variety of herbicides.
Ryegrass is cross-pollinated by wind, so genes shuffle frequently.
Ryegrass populations were large, and had substantial genetic diversity, because farmers had planted many varieties.
Within little more than a decade, ryegrass and other weeds began to develop resistance.