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Casey, P.A. 2009. Plant guide for kochia (Kochia scoparia). USDA‐Natural Resources Conservation Service, Kansas Plant Materials Center, Manhattan, Kansas, http://plant‐materials.nrcs.usda.gov/technical/publications/newpublications/pg_kosc.pdf

DiTomaso, J.M. and E.A. Healy. 2007. Weeds of California and Other Western States. University of California Publication 3488.

UC IPM. No date. Kochia, http://www.ipm.ucdavis.edu/PMG/WEEDS/kochia.html.

Whitson, Tom D. (editor). 2002. Weeds of the West. University of Wyoming, Jackson, Wyoming.

Donaldson, S., Hanson Mazet, W. 2010, A Northern Nevada Homeowner’s Guide to Identifying and Managing Kochia, Extension | University of Nevada, Reno FS-10-27

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