The Bulletin 



9 



Field Dodder. 



Cuscuta arven^i<i Bey rich. 



Another name is Lovt-viue. Au 

 annual plant, jjarasitic on clovers 

 and other plants. The seed germ- 

 inates in the ground, and a stem 

 is sent up which attaches itself 

 to neighhoring plants, and the 

 root soon dies, the sole nourish- 

 ment being gained from the host 

 ]ilant. No leaves are produced, 

 and the stems are bright yellow, 

 slender and twining. The small 

 white flowers grow in clusters 

 along the s\or\. Seed small, dull 

 brown, round or partly flattened. 

 Found throughout the State. June 

 and August. 



CONTROL 



This weed pest amounts to a 

 blight in all clover and alfalfa 

 fields, and when once it gets hold 

 it is a most dithcult plant to ex- 

 terminate. The use of absolutely 

 clean seed is the most effective 

 remedy. The cutting and burning 

 of plants attacked, and the plow- 

 ing under of the crop before the 

 dodder plants have made seed are 

 also effective remedies against its 

 spread. Since the plants come 

 from seed each season any prac- 

 tice that Avill prevent seeding will 

 kill the pest. 





No. 6. Field Doddeb or 



OUSCUTA ARVEN'SIS HeVRICH. 



