Weed Management in Vegetable Crops

Weeds are the most severe and widespread biological constraint to crop production and cause invisible damage till the crop is harvested. Weeds are responsible for reduction in crop yield, degrade quality of produce and raise cost of product. Since the vegetables are the cash crops, the weed management becomes very important. Different methods of weed management have their own benefits and limitations. The level of phytotoxicity of chemical herbicides differs from crop to crop and has environmental hazards too. Therefore, an integrated approach of weed management is the recent trend.