Beware the bindweed, amaranth and waterhemp
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April 29, 2020

Beware the bindweed, amaranth and waterhemp

Dr. Lynn Sosnoskie, professor of weed ecology and management for specialty crops in horticulture, stated she is “really, really, really terrified” of Palmer amaranth and waterhemp getting footholds in New York State.Photo Dr. Lynn Sosnoskie, assistant professor of horticulture at Cornell,

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