EVALUATION OF HERBICIDAL PROPERTIES OF MIKANIA (MIKANIA MICRANTHA H.B.K) AND RAIN TREE (SAMANEA SAMAN JACQ MERR) LEAF EXTRACT
Journal: Matrix Science Pharma (MSP)
Md. Shariful Islam, Muslima Khatun, Md. Nizam Uddin, Md. Sharifur Rahman, Shah Md. Ashraful Islam Md. Khaled Saifullah
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ABSTRACT
Weeds cause tremendous loss in crop yield and quality. In crop fields, weeds are one of the main pests reducing crop yield from 15% to 96%. In Bangladesh, weeds in crop fields are mainly controlled using labor. However, scarcity of agricultural laborers increases due to rapid industrialization. Hence, it is necessary to find out alternative ways to control weeds. One alternative is to use chemical herbicides which give rise to environmental hazards. Another option is to use of instrument to uproot weeds, but this is also difficult due to small size of land to apply different farm mechanization technology. Botanical herbicides have also been found to control weeds through utilizing the allelopathic potentials of these materials.
| Pages | 89-95 |
| Year | 2021 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Volume | 5 |
