WEED is

A plant that interfere human activity ,

A plant growing out of place.
A plant growing in an area where it is not
desired.
A plant that is useless, unwanted,
undesired
TWO EFFECTS OF WEEDS
A. Harmful effect
B. Beneficial effects
Harmful Effects of weeds
Act as competition for space and
Nutrients that crops need to grow.
They Act as alternate hosts for pest
and pathogen.
List of Harmful effect
1. Reduce the quantity and quality
2. Alternate hosts for pest/increased costs
for insect and disease control.
3. Clog waterways and irrigation canals.
4. exude/ release chemicals that are
harmful to other plants
5. Reduce the value of the land
Beneficial effects of weeds
Alternate source of Foods.
It can be use as Alternate herbal medicine.
They reduce soil erosion in hilly areas.
Some can be source of food for man and
Animal.
List of beneficial Effect
1. Reduce soil erosion in hilly
areas
2. Source of food for man and
animals
3. Prevent leaching of nutrient
 WHAT ARE THOSE WEEDS THAT
CONTAIN MEDICINAL PROPERTY?

FOR EXAMPLE : Tawa - tawa

Sambong leaves
They provide habitat for
insect predators.
Those are the importance of
weeds in relation to crop
production and human life.
What do you called about
the removal of this
unwanted plants from an
area?
WEEDING
Is an important control method
practiced in many crops . The
removal of weeds is useful because
these unwanted plants compete with
the crops for space, water and
nutrient
Why we need to identify
those weeds?
Because it will give some
possible
effect especially in crop
production
Example of Weeds AND SCIENTIFIC NAME

Convolvulus arvensis
Common Names Field bindweed
Family Morningglory
Flower Color White/Purple
Plant Type Herb
Introduced Europe
Native No
Weed Yes
 Examples of WEEDS
AND their SCIENTIFIC
NAMES
Cyperus esculentus
Common Names
yellow nutsedge
Family Sedge
Flower Color Yellowish
Plant Type Sedge
Native No
Weed Noxious
Elymus elymoides
Common Names squirreltail
Family Grass
Plant Type Grass
Native Yes
Weed No
Portulaca oleracea
Common Names common purslane
Family Purslane
Flower Color Yellow
Plant Type Herb
Short Description Common purslane
Native No
Weed Yes
Digitaria sanguinalis
Common Names hairy crabgrass
Family Grass
Plant Type Grass
Introduced Yes
Native No
Weed Yes
Amaranthus albus
Common Names tumble pigweed
Family Amaranth
Flower Color Green
Plant Type Herb
Short Description Amaranthus albus,
tumble pigweed
Introduced Yes Weed
Adenocaulon bicolor
Common Names pathfinder, trail plant
Family Composites, Sunflower
Flower Color Green, mixed
Plant Type Forb
Location McCall
Native Yes
Weed No
THREE TYPES OF WEEDS

1. GRASSES
2. SEDGES
3. BROADLEAVES
GRASSES
Is a member of a family gramineae, stem
which are rounded have distinct nodes
and internodes, leaves(compost of the
leaf blade)arise alternately in two rows
from the nodes, thin and narrow and
have a parrellel venation, roots are
fibrous.
EXAMPLES OF GRASSES

1. Rottboellia cochinchinensis (Itchgrass)

2. Imperata cylindrical(Cogon grass)
3. Eleusine indica ( Indian goose grass)
4. Echinoche crusgalli ( Barnyardgrass)
SEDGES
Is a member of a Family Cyperaceae;
closely resembles grasses; stem are thin
and angular/triangular; leaves are in
thin narrow and have parallel venation,
with leaf sheaths that are fused to form
a tube around the stem , roots are
fibrous; perennial sedges have
underground tubers .
EXAMPLES OF SEDGES
1. Cyperus rotundus ( purple
nutsedge)
2. Cyprus iria ( Rice Flatsedge)
3. Cyperus kyllinga
4. Scirpus maritimus ( Saltmarsh
bulrush)
BROADLEAVES
Is a plant not belonging to
neither grasses not sedges;
leaves are fully expanded and
broad; some are monocots but
mostly are dicots and have
netted leaf veins.
EXAMPLES OF BROADLEAVES

1. Ageratum conyzoides( Billy Goat

weed)
2. Monochoria vaginalis ( Pickerel
weed)
3. Ipomoea aquatic ( Swamp
morning-glory)
4. Ipomoea triloba ( Three-lobe
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