Panicum, Fall

Common Name: Fall Panicum, (also known as Western witchgrass & smooth witchgrass)

Genus: Panicum

Species: dichotomifloram

Identification: The plant can grow to 3 feet tall, with leaf blades measuring 3/4-inches wide. It can be identified by its white mid-rib and smooth, flattened stems. The ligule is made up of a dense ring of white hairs.

Geographic Distribution: Central and eastern North America and West. This upright annual is an aggressive, widespread weed which is particularly an eastern problem.

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Crops affected by Panicum, Fall

Delta Rice
Dry Shelled Beans and Peas
Fruits Nuts Trees and Vegetables
Gourds
Oriental Radish
Soybeans
Succulent Peas & Beans
Summer Squash
Sunflowers
Winter Squash
Yam Bean

Additional Pests

Adult Cucumber Beetle
Alfalfa Weevil
Hypera
Amaranthes
Amaranthus palmeri, Amaranthus hybridus, Amaranthus spinosus
Aphids
Therioaphis maculata, Dysphis plantaginea, Acyrthosiphon kondoi, Acyrthosiphon kondoi, Acyrthosiphon pisum, Aphis gossypi
Armyworm, Beet
Spodoptera
Armyworms
Barnyardgrass
Echinochloa
Black Flea Beetle
Black Nightshade
Blister Beetle
Broadleaf Filaree
Broadleaf Signalgrass
Cabbage Looper
Trichoplusia
Carpetweed
Cereal Leaf Beetle
Chickweed
Click Beetles
Clover
Codling Moth
Cydia
Colorado Potato Beetle
Leptinotarsa
Common Cocklebur
Xanthium
Corn Borers
Corn Earworm
Corn Rootworm
Crabgrass
Digitaria sanguinalis, Digitaria ischaemum, Digitaria ciliaris
Cucumber Beetle
Cupgrass
Eriochloa gracilis, Eriochloa villosa
Cutworms
Agrotis ipsilon, Agrotis orthogonia, Peridroma saucia
Dandelion
Downy Mildew
Pseudoperonospora
Eastern Nightshade
Solanum americanum, Solanum nigrum, Solanum ptycanthum, Solanum saccachoides
European Corn Borer
Ostrinia
Fall Armyworm
Spodoptera
Flea Beetles
Florida Pusley
Foxtail Species
Setaria venticillata, Setaria faberi, Setaria viridis, Setaria glauca
Fuller Rose Beetle
Goosegrass
Eleusine
Grasshopper
Melanoplus sanguinipes, Camnula pellacida
Green Peach Aphid
Myzus
Ground Beetles
Japanese Beetle
Jimsonweed
Datura
Johnsongrass seedling
Sorghum
June Beetle
Kochia
Kochia
Lady Beetle
Lambsquarters
Chenopodium
Leafhoppers
Leafminer
Liriomyza trifolii, Liriomyza sativa, Liriomyza huidobrensis
Leafroller
Archips rosanus, Archips argyrospila, Argyrotaenia velutinana, Choristorenra rosaceana
Lygus Bug
Lygus
Mealybugs
Melonworm
Morningglory
Nightshades
Solanum americanum, Solanum nigrum, Solanum ptycanthum, Solanum saccachoides
Northern Corn Rootworm
Diabrotica longicornus barberi, Diabrotica virgifera virgifera
Nutsedges
Cyperus rotundus, Cyperus esculentus
Panicum, Texas
Panicum
Pea Aphid
Pear Psylla
Cacopsylla
Pennsylvania Smartweed
Polygonum
Perennial Ryegrass
Phytophthora Blight
Phytophthora
Pickleworm
Pigweed, Redroot
Amaranthus
Plant Bugs
Plantain
Prickly Sida
Sida
Purslane
Ragweeds
Ambrosia artemisiifolia, Ambrosia trifida
Sandbur, Field
Cenchrus
Seedcorn Beetle
Shattercane
Sorghum
Sicklepod
Cassia
Silverleaf Whitefly
Bemisia tabaci, Bemisia argentifolii
Snout Beetle
Southern Corn Rootworm
Diabrotica
Spider Mites
Tetranychus urticae, Tetranychus turkestani, Tetranychus pacificus, Tetranychus cinnabarinus
Sprangletop
Spurge
Spurred Anoda
Anoda
Squash Bug
Stink Bug
Nezara viridula, Chlorockroa say, Euschistus consperus
Sugarcane Beetle
Sunflower Beetle
Sweet Potato Silverleaf Whitefly
Bemisia tabaci, Bemisia argentifolii
Tarnished Plant Bug
Lygus
Thistle
Thrips
Tobacco Budworm
Helicoverpa
Two-spotted Spider Mite
Velvetbean Caterpillar
Velvetleaf
Abutilon
Venice Mallow
Hibiscus
Whiteflies
Whitefringed Beetle
Wild Mustard
Brassica
Wild Sunflower
Helianthus
Yellow Nutsedge
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