Weed flora of horti-plantation crops in South Andaman.
Singh G., Gangwar B., Singh S., Sridhar
Author Affiliation: Central Agricultural Research Institute, Port Blair 744?101 South Andaman, India.
Journal of the Andaman Science Association 5 : 67-68
Abstract : Sixteen weed species from 6 families were recorded in a survey of bananas, papayas [pawpaws], guavas, mangos and coconuts, taken after the rainy season in 1986 at the Central Agricultural Research Institute, Garacharma. Panicum [Elymus] repens was the dominant weed with 92-162 plants/mē and av. DW of 0.94-1.62 t/ha. Mikania cordata, Spilanthes paniculata, Echinochloa colonum, Cynodon dactylon and Blumea spp. were also present in large numbers. Mimosa pudica and Themeda triandra are considered to be potentially serious weeds of plantation crops on the Bay Islands.