Studies on shape, size and weight of certain weed seeds buried in the soil seed bank
2006
Bakhsh, A. (Government Coll., D.G. Khan (Pakistan). Bio-Sciences Dept.) | Dasti, A.A. (Bahauddin Zakariya Univ., Multan (Pakistan). Inst. of Pure and Applied Biology) | Munir, A. | Khaliq, I. | Amin-ud-Din, M. | Akhtar, M.S.
In agriculture the identification and classification of weed seeds are technically and economically important. In this work, seeds of 15 different weeds species were collected from different crop fields located in the periphery of Dera Ghazi Khan City, Pakistan. Five hundred normal and healthy partially buried seeds of each species of following 15 annual weeds i.e. Anagallis arvensis Linn., Avena fatua Linn., Brassica campestris Linn., Chenopodium album Linn., Euphorbia helioscopia Linn., Fumaria indica Hassk., Galium aparine Linn., Ipomoea eriocarpa R.Br., Lathyrus aphaca Linn., Lolium temulentum Linn., Melilotus albus Desr., Medicago denticulata Wild., Phalaris minor Retz., Rumex obustifolious Linn., and Vicia sativa Linn., were collected from the surrounding soil of respective weeds, growing in different crop fields. The size and weight of the collected seeds were recorded. These parameters may serve as a convenient method for identification and classification of weeds on the basis of their availability in the soil seed bank available in the soil.
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