Blackgrass weed found in Carlow plot
Sterile Brome is a very common grassweed that can be found predominantly at bases of ditches, hedgerows and in field margins. File Picture.
The highly invasive blackgrass weed has been found in a commercial wildflower mixture growing in an experimental plot in Carlow.
And according to Teagasc, if this weed is widespread in mixtures which were planted on farms, schools, gardens, and amenity areas across the country, it poses a huge risk of contamination to tillage crops and the Irish tillage industry.
