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Medicinal and aromatic plants as an emerging source of bioherbicides


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1 Department of Biosciences, Integral University, Lucknow 226 026, India
2 Division of Crop Production and Protection, CSIR-Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Lucknow 226 015, India; Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research, Ghaziabad 201 002, India
3 Division of Crop Production and Protection, CSIR-Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Research Centre, Pantnagar 263 149, India
4 Department of Bioengineering, Integral University, Lucknow 226 026, India
 

Weeds cause higher reductions in crop yield than any other pest or disease; yet they remain underestimated in tropical agriculture. Controlling composite culture of weeds in the crop field is difficult. Continuous use of synthetic herbicides may have an adverse impact on human health and the agro-ecosystem. Natural products such as essential oils, plant extracts, allelochemicals, agricultural by-products and some microorganisms are being studied in this area since they are environmentally friendly and have low toxicity. Being ecologically stable, they may provide an alternative to synthetic herbicides. In this article, we document the research done across the world to establish medicinal and aromatic plants as source of bioherbicides for sustainable agricultural production

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Allelochemicals, bioherbicides, medicinal and aromatic plants, sustainable agriculture, weeds.
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Authors

Pooja Maurya
Department of Biosciences, Integral University, Lucknow 226 026, India
Abdul Mazeed
Division of Crop Production and Protection, CSIR-Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Lucknow 226 015, India; Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research, Ghaziabad 201 002, India
Dipender Kumar
Division of Crop Production and Protection, CSIR-Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Research Centre, Pantnagar 263 149, India
Iffat Zareen Ahmad
Department of Bioengineering, Integral University, Lucknow 226 026, India
Priyanka Suryavanshi
Division of Crop Production and Protection, CSIR-Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Lucknow 226 015, India; Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research, Ghaziabad 201 002, India

Abstract


Weeds cause higher reductions in crop yield than any other pest or disease; yet they remain underestimated in tropical agriculture. Controlling composite culture of weeds in the crop field is difficult. Continuous use of synthetic herbicides may have an adverse impact on human health and the agro-ecosystem. Natural products such as essential oils, plant extracts, allelochemicals, agricultural by-products and some microorganisms are being studied in this area since they are environmentally friendly and have low toxicity. Being ecologically stable, they may provide an alternative to synthetic herbicides. In this article, we document the research done across the world to establish medicinal and aromatic plants as source of bioherbicides for sustainable agricultural production

Keywords


Allelochemicals, bioherbicides, medicinal and aromatic plants, sustainable agriculture, weeds.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18520/cs%2Fv122%2Fi3%2F258-266