Weed Flora in Mustard- A review

Abstract

Among all other oil seed crops mustard is the most important oil seed crop. They play wide role in economy of India. The productivity of mustard is reduced by various biotic and abiotic factors. The weed is one of the major factor to decline the productivity of mustard. The yield losses in mustard upto 45% caused by weeds. Weed flora is the life of plant that is related to weeds and they differ from place to place. The weed flora involve the population of both dicot and monocot weeds. The dicot species are more present than monocot species in mustard. The Chenopodium album, Melilotus indica, Anagallis arvensis, Cirsium arvense, Fumaria parviflora, Cornopus didymus, Phalaris minor, Rumex denticulatus, Vicia sativa, Carthamus oxycantha, Chenopodium murale, Avena ludoviciana, Medicago denticulatus etc. weeds are mostly present in mustard field. Weed flora related with soil characteristics, region, climate, cropping pattern and management factors. The weeds are noxious plant and compete with crop for wetness, light, space, nutrition supplements and reduce the quality and yield attributes of crops.