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...expansion of a previous patent. Endophyte-infected fescue causes cattle to abort. Some years ago, Virginia Tech and Texas Tech researchers discovered that if fescue pastures are treated with seaweed supplement, the animals do not abort and general disease resistanc...Fungus helps tall fescue choke out native plants
...eorge Mason University reveals how some non-native fescue grass gets a leg up over competing native plants: ...odium coenophialum, tended to choke out uninfected fescue and native plant species. Tall fescue took over test plots much more quickly when herbivores had ful...Story tips from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, September 2005
... Non-native invasive plant species, such as kudzu, fescue and Japanese honeysuckle, have caused overgrowth problems for many land areas throughout the Southeast, literally choking off plant species native to the region and reducing diversity of plant habitats.Oak Ridge National Laboratory environmental scie...