Japanese knotweed, Fallopia japonica is one of the most troublesome invasive alien plant in Europe and North America. In 2012 we started monitoring for possible indigenous natural enemies of Japanese knotweed in Slovenia. In Zgornji Log, near Litija (46°4′38.09″N, 14°49′31.65″E; 245 m) on the river ...

Objective: To investigate the epidemic situation of hazardous weeds intercepted from entry baggage and imported parcels, and explore the effective measures to prevent the hazardous weeds from spreading. Methods: Statistical and risk analysis was done on the quantity of the weeds, which were...

This book focuses on the problems caused by weeds on primary industries and biodiversity conservation (both terrestrial and aquatic) as well as communities, human health, infrastructure and culture. An accurate summary of global information and reference details on the 'weedy' status of any plant...

Germination, floristic composition and phytosociology in the soil weed seed bank are important to know the weed flora and to predict weed infestations. The objective of this research was to assess and to compare germination, the weed flora and phytosociology of the soil weed seed bank in rice...

Invasive alien weeds are non-native organisms that cause potential harm to the environment, economics and human health. Its ability to outcompete native species for space, water, nutrients, and other essential resources, adaptability to a variety of environmental conditions, absence of natural...

Our primary focus was to assess the tolerance of local broad-leaved species such as Acer platanoides and Quercus cerris to the effect of aqueous extracts of Ailanthus altissima. This type of assessment has been chosen because of the increasingly developing species that visibly colonize a wide range ...

Weed control action from a culture has, through mapping action, a practical tool very important. Mapping shows the total number of species, each density, ratio of botanical categories, constancy, problem-species with target-species, the emergence of new invasive species. In this paper, at the...

Parthenium hysterophorus L. is non-native invasive plant species belongs to the family Asteraceae. Currently it is a notorious weed in Ethiopia. Socio-economic impacts as well as the local people's perception towards P. hysterophorus are poorly understood. Thus, the aim of this study was to...

Bur cucumber (Sicyos angulatus L., SIYAN) is a troublesome invasive vine. Seeds of the plant possess a water-impermeable, hard seed coat exhibiting physical dormancy. Seed dormancy is employed by the invasive plants for persistence in soil seed bank, seedling recruitment and avoiding unfavorable...

Narrow-leaved ragwort (Senecio inaequidens) is an invasive alien species and a poisonous weed containing pyrrolizidine alkaloids (PA). It usually spreads in rural environments along communication ways such as railroads and road embankments, but it can occasionally thrive also in dry grassland. As...