Open AccessCrop Weed Competition in Sugarcane - A Review
Author(s) -
M. Suganthi,
P. Muthukrishnan,
C. Chinnusamy
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
agricultural reviews
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 0976-0741
pISSN - 0253-1496
DOI - 10.18805/ag.r-1530
Subject(s) - weed , saccharum officinarum , crop , agronomy , competition (biology) , weed control , tropical agriculture , crop yield , biology , agriculture , yield (engineering) , agroforestry , ecology , materials science , metallurgy
Sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum L.) is the most adaptable plant under sub-tropical and tropical conditions. . Among the C4 group of plants, sugarcane is one of the most efficient crops. Converting efficiency of solar radiation into photosynthates is relatively higher in sugarcane than any other crops evolved. But there is a wide yield gap between the potential and actual yield. Weeds are the major important threat in yield reduction of sugarcane crop. Hence knowledge about weed flora, critical period of crop weed competition, competition of weeds, effect of weed on crop growth is helpful in deciding the method of weed management in particular crop. Reviewing of these parameters is helpful and it is carried out in this paper.