Twin cress in young swards may be destroyed by a treatment with water-based hormones. This would eliminate the serious tainting of dairy produce by this, weed. After it has been sprayed the area should not be grazed until the weed has died, as hormone treatment does not affect the toxin which causes the taint.
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New Zealand Journal of Agriculture, Volume 84, Issue 4, 15 April 1952, Page 279
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54Twin cress in young swards may be destroyed by a treatment with water-based hormones. This would eliminate the serious tainting of dairy produce by this, weed. After it has been sprayed the area should not be grazed until the weed has died, as hormone treatment does not affect the toxin which causes the taint. New Zealand Journal of Agriculture, Volume 84, Issue 4, 15 April 1952, Page 279
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