Weed flora of cassava in west Nile zones of Uganda

Kawooya, R.; Wamani, S; Magambo, S; Nalugo, R

doi:10.4314/acsj.v24i1.16s

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“…In Asia, its invasion has been reported in India, Malaysia, the Philippines, Malawi, Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, China, and Japan [4,[8][9][10][11][12][13][14]. In Africa, it is widely distributed in South Africa, East Africa, Zimbabwe, Mauritius, Angola, Ethiopia, Kenya, Liberia, Tanzania, Uganda, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, Ghana, and Nigeria [9,11,[15][16][17][18][19][20]. The herb is also found in Australia [21], Fiji, New Caledonia, the Cook Islands, the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu [8], the Mariana Islands, the Hawaiian Islands, the Virgin Islands, the Galapagos Islands [14], the Federated States of Micronesia [22], and Palau [23].…”

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Ecology, Biology, Environmental Impacts, and Management of an Agro-Environmental Weed Ageratum conyzoides

Kaur

Singh

et al. 2023

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Ageratum conyzoides L. (Billy goat weed; Asteraceae) is an annual herbaceous plant of American origin with a pantropical distribution. The plant has unique biological attributes and a raft of miscellaneous chemical compounds that render it a pharmacologically important herb. Despite its high medicinal value, the constant spread of the weed is noticeable and alarming. In many countries, the weed has severely invaded the natural, urban, and agroecosystems, thus presenting management challenges to natural resource professionals and farmers. Its interference with agricultural crops, grassland forbs, forest ground flora, and its ability to replace native plant species are of serious concern. Therefore, it is pertinent to monitor its continuous spread, its entry into new geographic regions, the extent of its impact, and the associated evolutionary changes. While management strategies should be improvised to control its spread and reduce its adverse impacts, the possible utilization of this noxious weed for pharmacological and agronomic purposes should also be explored. The objective of this review is to provide a detailed account of the global distribution, biological activities, ecological and environmental impacts, and strategies for the management of the agro-environmental weed A. conyzoides.

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