Abstract
27Jul 2016 Weeds - its causes and management through biological means Vikas Tandon , Ankush Kumar , Saurbh Soni and Munish Sharma Ph.D. Scholar, Department of Entomology, CSK Himachal Pradesh Agricultural University, Palampur, India. Ph.D. Scholar, Department of Agronomy, Forages and Grassland Management, CSK Himachal Pradesh Agricultural University, Palampur, India. Ph.D. Scholar, Department of Entomology, CSK Himachal Pradesh Agricultural University, Palampur, India. Ph.D. Scholar, Department of Soil Science, CSK Himachal Pradesh Agricultural University, Palampur, India.
Highlights
Increasing worldwide demand for food - the greatest challenge of our time
The major characteristics of weeds are their unwanted occurrence, undesirable features and ability to adapt to a disturbed environment
Biological agents, mainly insects provide excellent biological control of prickly pear (Opuntia elatior and O. vulgaris by D. ceylonicus and D. opuntiae), water fern (Salvinia molesta by weevil, Cyrtobagous salviniae), water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes by weevils Neochetina bruchi and N. eichhorniae and galumnid mite Orthogalumna terebrantis) and Parthenium hysterophorus by chrysomelid beetle Zygogramma bicolorata
Summary
Vikas Tandon1, *Ankush Kumar, Saurbh Soni 3 and Munish Sharma . 2. Ph.D. Scholar, Department of Agronomy, Forages and Grassland Management, CSK Himachal Pradesh. 3. Ph.D. Scholar, Department of Entomology, CSK Himachal Pradesh Agricultural University, Palampur, India. 4. Ph.D. Scholar, Department of Soil Science, CSK Himachal Pradesh Agricultural University, Palampur, India
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