Weed Management in Wheat: A Review

Abstract

Wheat is the major staple food crop of India as well as of world. There is a need to enhance the production to feed the growing population in near future. There are many factors responsible for reduction in yield and weed infestation is one of the principle reasons among them. Weeds compete with the crops for various essential resources and do not allow the main crop plant to grow properly and have good yield. Its eradication from the field is very important for the farmers to achieve a higher produce. Different weed management techniques are used to control weeds such as mechanical methods, cultural methods and chemical methods. Chemical method of weed control is becoming very popular as well as effective against weed control due to low input cost. Different herbicides are used to control mixed flora of weeds in wheat crop according to their time of application or the type of target weed. Therefore, selection of effective measure to control the weed is essential for the better yield of crops.