Trends in Biosciences
  • Year: 2015
  • Volume: 8
  • Issue: 18

Survey of Weed Distribution in Ambikapur District of Chhattisgarh

  • Author:
  • Supriya Singh, Shweta Gupta
  • Total Page Count: 8
  • Page Number: 5011 to 5018

Department of Agronomy, Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidhyalaya, Raipur (C.G.)

*Email: supriyasingh31@gmail.com

Online published on 16 February, 2017.

Abstract

Survey of Ambikapur district was conducted to know the pattern of distribution of weeds along with the identification of 5 alien weeds. In kharif and rabi and summer season 12 blocks and 340 villages covered in Ambikapur during the year 2009–10. In Ambikapur district, Cynodon dactylon in rice and rice-fallow registered highest IVI during kharif and rabi seasons respectively. However, Saccharum spontanium during Kharif in rice and Commelina benghalensis in rice fallow during Rabi registered lowest IVI. In non-cropped area Cynodon dactylon during Kharif and Rabi both registered highest density/m2, frequency, relative density, relative frequency and IVI.

Keywords

Survey, Blocks, Kharif, Rabi, Noncropped, Garbage, IVI, Cynodon dactylon, Saccharum spontanium, Commelina benghalensis