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Sachin asked in Environment · 1 decade ago

I need information on WEEDS!!!!?

I am doing a project on "Weeds and their competition with crops". So, i need information about weeds, types of weeds and the existing methods of their control. Could you provide me with useful links for the same?

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  • 1 decade ago
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    they in the grass

    Source(s): in your back yard
  • 1 decade ago

    its important to understand that commonly the term weed refers to a plant that grows where it is not wanted...so it depends on where you are and what crops are grown there to get weeds and crops relevent to your area, country-eg im in Australia but you may be somewhere with different weeds effecting different crops....Technically 'weedy' plant species have a propensity to reproduce rapidly.

    Techniques to control 'weeds' involve, phisical, chemical and biological methods, but these days integrated pest management is the buzz phrase meaning a combination of methods can be used to the best effect soully using chemical methods can be counterproductive and attack non target species and have long term run on effects in the wider environment eg DDT

    biological methods can be work intensive and ineffectual depending on the spread of the weed, biological methods can be very successful eg the cacto blastis moth on the prickly pear in australia, but can be difficult to test and may also attack non target species....combinations of the above methods coupled with knowledge of the lifecycle of the pests and the non target desirable species can give the best results if you want some american examples see the following website-http://wsprod.colostate.edu/cwis79/Noxious_weeds/n...

    -the pdf links give you the weeds, what they do ie how they effect things like crops and the environment and control methods - the environmental protection authority, or natural resources or even agricultural and primary industries departments in your country should have fact sheets on the economically important weeds of your state/country.....

  • 1 decade ago

    types of weeds are chronic, purple haze, hydro, "fire", maui wowi and the method we use to control them is smoke it up!

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  • 1 decade ago

    Go ask the farmers, they have the surest answers.

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