Weed management

Major weed flora of SRS, Melalathur:

Broad leaved weeds: Boerhavia erecta, Convolvulus arvensis, Trianthema portulacastrum, Digera arvensis, Tribulus terrestris, Gynandropsis pentaphylla, Acalypha indica, Abutilon indicum, Acanthospermum hispidum, Parthenium hysterophorus, Tridax procumbens, Datura metal, mimosa pudica, Euphorbia hirta, Phyllanthus niruri and Acalypha indica.

Sedges: Cyperus rotundus

Grasses:  Urochloa reptans, Brachiaria reptans, Echinochloa colonum, Dactyloctenium aegyptium, Chloris barbata and Cynodon dactylon.

Weed management experiments:

Formulating and evaluating integrated weed management technologies for different sugarcane growing agro-ecosystems.