Agricultural Reviews
  • Year: 2003
  • Volume: 24
  • Issue: 3

Weed management in peas (Pisum sativum L.) – A review

  • Author:
  • Guriqbal Singh
  • Total Page Count: 6
  • Page Number: 217 to 222

Department of Plant Breeding, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana - 141 004, India.

Abstract

Weeds compete with the crop plants for nutrients, moisture, light and space and thus reduce crop yields. For getting higher yields itis essential to control weeds at appropriate time with suitable methods. This review discusses weed management in pea crop. Major weeds associated with this crop, losses caused by weeds, nutrient removal by weeds, crop-weed competition and methods of weed control are covered in this review.