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pigweed

pigweed, name for several weedy plants, particularly the common pigweed or lamb's-quarters of the family Chenopodiaceae (goosefoot family), the rough pigweed, or green amaranth, of the related family Amaranthaceae (amaranth family), and the winged pigweed, a tumbleweed. Pigweeds are classified in the division Magnoliophyta, class Magnoliopsida, order Caryophyllales.

amaranth

Many varieties found all over the world. Super nutritious and healthy. Whole plant is edible. Can be eaten raw or steamed. Better tasting than spinach. Has greenish, sometimes purplish colored flowers, red stem. Seeds are a world famous grain and food supply used by the Aztecs. Can be made into flour, or put into smoothies etc. Amaranth seed is high in protein, especially lysine and methionine, two essential amino acids that are not often found in grain. Very hardy plant, difficult to kill. An awesome food source. Used for stomach flu, diarrhea, gastroenteritis, excessive menstruation. Seeds better if soaked overnight. Roots can be roasted or boiled as potato alternative. Do not consume if pregnant or lactating. Toxic lookalike- hairy nightshade, whose leaves look the same but stem is hairy and has white nightshade flower.

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Empirical models of pigweed (Amaranthus spp.) interference in soybean (Glycine max).

Biology of Amaranths

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Spodoptera exigua oviposition and larval feeding preferences for pigweed, Amaranthus hybridus, over squaring cotton, Gossypium hirsutum, and a comparison of free amino acids in each host plant.

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She taught her grandchildren to enjoy sweet fern tea, and when in season, cooked wild greens: pigweed, dandelion greens, milkweed, and fiddlehead ferns.

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farinae), cat, dog, feather, insect mix (American and German cockroaches and fire ants), mosquito (Aedes taeniorhynchus), mixed grass (Bermuda, Johnson, Bahia, Salt, and Rye), tree (mix 1: Mulberry, Elm, Acacia, Cypress; mix 2: box elder, beefwood, bayberry, oak, palm, melaleuca, hackberry, sweet gum, and maple), interior and exterior mold (Rhizopus, Mucor, Pullularia, Penicillum, Aspergillus, Curvularia, Fusarium, Alternaria, Hormodendrum, Helmintospororium), and weed (mix 1: English Plantain, Pigweed, Ragweed; mix 2: marsh elder, cocklebur, lamb quarter); in addition, a histamine skin test was performed and a diluent control was included for each series.

Allergen sensitivity (mites, insects, and pets) in a Puerto Rican population

Common weeds like shepherd's purse, chickweed, and pigweed are all edible and nutritious.

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hybridus (Smooth Pigweed) and Cucurbita maxima (pumpkin) leaves [3, 4].

Isolation and testing the cholesterol reduction ability (in-vitro) of lactococcus lactis from fermented smooth pigweed (Amaranthus hybridus) leaves

Many anglers call this vegetation "cabbage," but my dad has always called it "pigweed," because the leaves look like pig's ears.

Reflections: Billy's Hole

They include setaria, halogeton, soursob (Oxalis spp.), pokeweed (Phytolacca americana), purslane (Portulaca oleracea), lamb's quarter (Chenopodium album), bassia (Bassia hyssopifolia), greasewood (Sarcobatus vermiculatus), pigweed (Amaranthus spp.), Russian thistle (Salsola kali), sugar beets (Beta vulgaris), rhubarb (Rheum rhaponticum) and various others (Jones et al., 1970; Cheeke and Shull, 1985).

Oxalate accumulation in forage plants: some agronomic, climatic and genetic aspects

For example, germination of seeds from the weeds Amaranthus (common names: Amaranth or pigweed) and Sinapis arvensis (common names: wild mustard or charlock) has been shown to be regulated by red and far-red light (Kendrick & Frankland, 1968; Frankland, 1976).

Light-mediated germination in lettuce seeds: resurrection of a classic plant physiology lab exercise

Of the three, the one-ton and two-ton rates worked best in peppermint, reducing barnyard grass, green foxtail, common lambsquarters, henbit and redroot pigweed populations by 90 percent several weeks after application.