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How do weeds affect us all and what is the way-out?

Weed means “a plant out of place” or “a plant that interferes with the management objectives of a given area of land at a given point in time”. A rice plant in a wheat field or a wheat plant in a rice field is weed. A plant of good pasture crop growing in a well-managed lawn is also a weed. Similarl...

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Main Author: S.M. Rezaul Karim
Format: Inaugural Lecture
Published: 2013
Online Access:http://discol.umk.edu.my/id/eprint/12/
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spelling my.umk.eprints.122022-05-23T03:50:38Z http://discol.umk.edu.my/id/eprint/12/ How do weeds affect us all and what is the way-out? S.M. Rezaul Karim Weed means “a plant out of place” or “a plant that interferes with the management objectives of a given area of land at a given point in time”. A rice plant in a wheat field or a wheat plant in a rice field is weed. A plant of good pasture crop growing in a well-managed lawn is also a weed. Similarly, a plant of medicinal value growing unwontedly on the roof of a building is a weed. Weeds are pollutants to our environment. They appear attractive, desirable, or harmless, but later it can be toxic, painful, or injurious to humans, and may create associated water quality problems. 2013 Inaugural Lecture NonPeerReviewed S.M. Rezaul Karim (2013) How do weeds affect us all and what is the way-out? [Inaugural Lecture]
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description Weed means “a plant out of place” or “a plant that interferes with the management objectives of a given area of land at a given point in time”. A rice plant in a wheat field or a wheat plant in a rice field is weed. A plant of good pasture crop growing in a well-managed lawn is also a weed. Similarly, a plant of medicinal value growing unwontedly on the roof of a building is a weed. Weeds are pollutants to our environment. They appear attractive, desirable, or harmless, but later it can be toxic, painful, or injurious to humans, and may create associated water quality problems.
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