WEEDS – HARMFUL AND BENEFICIAL EFFECTS

1. WEEDS – HARMFUL AND BENEFICIAL EFFECTS There are many plants that are unwanted and not good for your health. Weeds are also counted in one of them but it is not 100% true. Weeds are also beneficial for health. Health and weed are sometimes related to each other. Some weeds help you to get better health. Weeds are unwanted in some situations and may be harmful, dangerous or economically detrimental. Weeds are a big or serious threat to basic production and agriculture. They reduce the amount of production in the forest and farms. They destroy the native crop and cost too high.The costs of weeds to the natural environment are also high, with weed invasion being ranked second only to habitat loss in causing biodiversity decline. A proper program to control the production of weed is performed after the weed is identified. There are many different methods developed to manage weed. The basic and most commonly used method for weed management is collaboration and cooperation. There is a partnership between the community, land owner, agriculture , industry and various levels of government. They all follow up campaigns to manage the production of weed. Weed management is very important to prevent the land and the production and protection of the plants and also for improving the potential of crops. The process of management of weeds is done in such a way that the potential of the production of crops remains sustained and doesn't get harmed by the weeds. One of the commonly used methods is Use of herbicides. This is an important method in the term of weed management technology. Harmful effects of weed 1. Weeds have a major impact on the production of crops. Weeds harm the ceop at a very high level which leads to crop destruction. 2. Weeds drag the water, soil, nutrients, light and space from the neighbour crops which reduce the crop production. 3. Weeds reduce the quality of marketable agricultural produce 4. Weeds not only reduce yield but also interfere with agricultural operations. 5. weeds block the flow of water in canals, water-transport systems and drainage systems, rendering navigation difficult. Beneficial Effects of weeds 1. Weed helps to conserve soil moisture and prevent erosion 2. Weeds can also be valuable indicators of growing conditions in a field 3. Weeds can be an important source of food for wildlife, especially birds