09 Jun Integrated approach for Parthenium management
पार्थेिनियम खरपतवार प्रबंधन के लिए एकीकृत दृष्टिकोण Parthenium became a menace due to wide ecological amplitude, profuse growth, fast multiplication, rapid spread, agricultural and health hazards. Several methods have been recommended to suppress its growth. But no method appears to have worked satisfactorily as each method suffers from one or more limitations such as inefficiency, prohibitive cost, impracticability, polluting the environment and only temporary relief etc. The integrated parthenium management approach recommended recently seems to be promising. To feed the ever-increasing population of our country, we are trying to enhance agricultural production. In this respect several promising technologies are coming in the way i.e. good quality seed , drip irrigation, SRI technique and others. In this background, parthenium infestation reduces yield 30 to 40 percent; means it is pulling back our efforts for agricultural acceleration. Already the weed has occupied over 5 million ha of land in the country. Therefore, the time has come to consider parthenium invasion as a forthcoming danger in agriculture, considering its negative impact on agriculture. Our unawareness about this weed for a long period has given it to its’ full potential spread. Parthenium is a genus of North American shrubs in the sunflower tribe within the daisy family. It is a common invasive species in India, Australia and parts of Africa. Parthenium hysterophorus invades...