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Simerjeet Kaur, I.C. Barua, Tarundeep Kaur, Navjyot Kaur, Amit Kaul and Makhan S. Bhullar. 2018. Appearance of new weeds in Punjab . Indian Journal of Weed Science : 50( 1) 59- 63.







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Volume Issue Publication year Page No Type of article
50 1 2018 59-63 Research article
Appearance of new weeds in Punjab

Simerjeet Kaur, I.C. Barua, Tarundeep Kaur, Navjyot Kaur, Amit Kaul and Makhan S. Bhullar

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5958/0974-8164.2018.00013.8

Email: simer@pau.edu
Address: Department of Agronomy, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, Punjab 141 004

Keywords:

Biodiversity

Domestication

Invasive weeds

Weed ecology

Weed survey 



Abstract:

Weed monitoring and survey was conducted to detect appearance of new weed species during decade of 2008-2017. Ten new weed species namely Galium spurium Linn. (family Rubiaceae), Geranium nepalense Sweet  (family Geraniaceae), Lamium amplexicaule Linn. (family Lamiaceae),  Evolvulus nummularius (family Convolvulaceae), Euphorbia thymifolia Linn.(family Euphorbiaceae), Oenothera laciniata Hill (family Onagraceae),  Soliva anthemifolia (Juss.) R. Brown (family Asteraceae), Verbesina encelioides (Cav.) Benth. and Hook. f. ex A. Gray (family Asteraceae), Nicotiana plumbaginifolia Viv. (family Solanaceae) and Portulaca oleracea L. (family Portulacaceae) have been recorded in the last decade from different places of Punjab State. Out of these, weed species namely, O. laciniata, L. amplexicaule, S. anthemifolia and G. nepalense were mainly observed inhabiting the crop fields. Three weed species namely, G. spurium, N. plumbaginifolia and V. encelioides were observed growing along roadsides, wastelands, canal banks and uncultivated areas. P. oleracea and E. thymifolia were observed growing on bunds of agricultural fields. E. nummularius is a serious weed of lawns and landscapes. These weeds have now domesticated in the studied ecological niche and may potentially harm the biodiversity of those areas.





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