Pre-harvest Weeds of a Wheat Field at Biratnagar, Nepal

Abstract

Sixty eight species of weeds belonging to 22 families and 59 genera were recorded from a wheat field at Biratnagar during the pre-harvest condition. Based on species prevalence the dominant weed families were Asteraceae (17 species), Poaceae (13 species) and Fabaceae (6 species). Anagallis arvensis , Crepis japonica , Grangea maderaspatana, Polygonum plebeium were abundant and Fumaria indica, Leucas lavandulifilia, Rumex dentatus, Vicia angustifolia, V. hirsuta and V. tetrasperma were common species of weeds.  DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/on.v11i2.9597 Our Nature 2013, 11(2): 187-191