Describing morphological characters of seedlings of some dicotyledonous weeds for their identification and management

Seedling traits of 60 weeds under 24 families of Magnoliopsida have been studied in some crop fields of Dakshin Dinajpur district of West Bengal. Conservative seedling characters emphasize that the studied taxa may be enlisted in four artificial groups i.e, Type I to IV, each having some families and/ or genera. Artificial keys have been made for identification under field observations. The bearing of this study has also been addressed by camping seedling data with other botanical disciplines. Peculiar juvenile behaviors like heteroblastic developments have also been observed. Seedling study is very much significant for eradication of weeds at juvenile stage before display of variable weeds in crop fields.