IJFANS International Journal of Food and Nutritional Sciences

ISSN PRINT 2319 1775 Online 2320-7876

A Practical End-Use for Weed Biomass: Plenium for Soil Amendments

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Srinivas

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Weeds are unsightly, non-productive plants that compete with crops for scarce natural resources like water, nutrients, and sunlight. For a multitude of factors, including quick growth, strong reproductive potential, adaptability, and most significantly, interference from resource depletion and allelopathy, a weed can become established in any ecosystem. One of the deadliest weeds on the planet, Parthenium hysterophorus L. is listed in the global database of invasive species. Even though India is home to enormous populations of this plant, its economic significance as a food source is constrained by its toxicity. Therefore, composting might be a practical choice for transforming weed biomass into a useful substance that can be used as a soil conditioner

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