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Common garden weeds and their Botanical names

Wild potato or moring glory Striga senegalensis
Broom weed Ipomea spp
Emilia Sida acuta
Giant star grass Emilia sonchifolia
Stubborn grass Cynodon nlemfuensis
Sensitive plant Sporobolus pyramidalis
Bur weed Mimosa pudica
Weeds compete with crops for water, light, and mineral nutrients. Those with broad leaves over-shadow the crops from direct light intensity and in turn reduces photosynthesis. They utilize nutrients and water in the soil thereby preventing the crops from getting them.
2. Because of their ability to grow fast, weeds can suppress growth of crops on the farm thereby reducing their development and yield.
WEED DISPERSAL METHODS
Some common garden weeds

GARDEN WEEDS AND THEIR BOTANICAL NAMES

1 Guinea grass Panicumm maximum

2 Elephant grass Pennisetum purpureun
3 Tridax Tridax prociimbem

4 Carpet grass Axonopus compressus

5 Goose grass or Africana Cynodon dactylon
6 Siam weed Eluesine indica

IMAGES OF GARDEN WEEDS AND THEIR NAMES

7 African or bush marigold Chromoleana odorata
8 Pig weed Aspilia Africana

9 Goat weed or blue top Boerhavia diffusa
10 Water leaf

Ageratum conyzoides
11 Soft weed Talinum triagulare
12 Wild green Erogratis tenella 13. Stubborn grass 14. Igbologi 15. "Ichtei" 16. Dolukegu 17. Ebeleogu 18. Okpalieziza-Ike

13 Tropical kudzu Amaranthus spinosus
14 Centro Calapogonium mucunoides
15 Blue flower or water grass Centrosema pubescens
16 Spear grass Commelina spp
17 Striga Imperata cylindrical MORE LIST OF GARDEN WEEDS
18 Wild potato or moring glory Striga senegalensis
19 Broom weed Ipomea spp
20 Emilia Sida acuta
21 Giant star grass Emilia sonchifolia
22 Stubborn grass Cynodon nlemfuensis
23 Sensitive plant Sporobolus pyramidalis
24 Bur weed Mimosa pudica
25 Acanthospermum hisidum

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THEIR BOTANICAL NAMES HERE

146. VIRAL DISEASES
147. RINDER PESTS
148. NEWCASTLE DISEASE
149. BACTERIA DISEASES
150. ANTHRAX
151. BRUCELLOSIS
152. TUBERCULOSIS
153. FUNGAL DISEASES

154. PROTOZOAN DISEASES
155. TRYPONOSOMIASIS
156. COCCIDIOSIS
157. RED WATER FEVER(PIROPLASMOSIS)
158. ENDO PARASITES
159. TAPE WORM
160. ROUND WORM OF PIGS
161. LIVER FLUKE
162. ECTO PARASITES
163. TICK
164. LICE

BOTANICAL NAMES OF SOME AFRICAN WEEDS

PUERO----------------------------------------Pueraria phaseoloides

RUBBER WEED-----------------------------Mimosa pudica

RHODES GRASS-----------------------------Chloris guyana

SOUTHERN GAMBA GRASS------Andropogon tectorum

SUNHEMP----------Crotelaria juncea

SPEAR GRASS---------Imperata cylindrica

STYLO-------Stylosanthes gracilis

SENSITIVE PLANT-------Mimosa pudica

SEDGE PLANT---------Cyperus rotundatus

SIAM WEED----------Chromolina oohum

STUBBORN GRASS------Sida acuta

GREEN-TETE-WITH THORNS---------Amaranthus spinos

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Weed control measures

There are several methods used in weed control. They can BE classified into:
(a) Mechanical or physical method.
(b) Cultural method.
(c) Biological method.
(d) Chemical method.
(a) Mechanical or physical method

(i) Hand pulling: 1 This is the pulling of weeds by hand in the farm. Though it is efficient, but only useful in small gardens and not large farms.

WEEDS CONTROL METHODS

(ii) Hoeing: The short or small hoe is very useful in weeding. It is used to cut the weed below the crown of the plant which gives, complete destruction of the shoot system. It is effective in the control of weeds either in pasture, home garden or row crops. Hoe can be used to weed from the furrow to the top of a ridge. Its use is however on a limited and it requires plenty of labour.

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(iii) Mowing: This method helps to prevent seed production in till of weeds. It removes all unsightly weed growth especially where weeds are too much for effective cultivation to take place. The method can be used to control weeds in lawns, plantation or fields. The mower is normally attached to a tractor or pulled by hand to move over the area to be cleared.

(iv) Flooding: This is done by keeping the area to be weeded Hooded up to 20 cm of water for 3 to 8 weeks. This practice kill, the weeds because they can no longer receive air for a-.piration

(v) Heat treatment: Heal can be used in controlling weeds. For instance nursery soil is sterilized to kill all weed parts and seeds. Fire ran be used to burn dry weeds on cultivated land before cultivation starts.

(vi) Smothering with non-Living materials: Weeds can be Followed by the use of mulch materials such, as papers, hulls from rice, manure, plastic materials or cellophane. These materials help to exclude sunlight and prevent shoot growth. The weeds then become etiolated (lose chlorophyll) and die off.

(vii) Culural method: This involves the use of cultural practices of crop production to reduce the growth of weeds on the farm. Such cultural practices include
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i. Burning of farmland: This kills weed parts, seeds and fruits both in the soil and on the surface.
ii. Tillage: Tillage helps to expose weed parts for destruction by sun or herbicides. They can also be hand picked and destroyed.
iii. Early planting: This ensures that crops are well established before the weeds start growing.
iv. Good spacing: Proper spacing of crops helps in the reduction of weeds along the crop rows. It also makes it easy for weeding to he done.
v. Mixed cropping: Planting or two or more crops, together oil the same farmland can help to reduce the intensity of weeds on the larm
(c) Biological method

This involves the use of living plants and animals to control weeds. They include:
(i) Use of suppressive plants: Crops that grow fast and large too can be used to overshadow weeds thereby reducing their growth, Also, cover crops such as melon and legumes like groundnut can be used to control weeds on the farm.
(ii) Use of insects: This involves the use of identified insect pests weeds in controlling weeds on the farm. Insects which have been found to feed on a particular weed can be multiplied and introduced to the area to feed and destroy such weed species.
(iii) Pasturing: This involves the grazing of farm animals on weeds usually in plantations such as rubber and oil palm. Animals like i cattle, sheep or goat are commonly used in this method.
(d) Chemical method
This is the method that is used on a large scale. It makes use of chemicals in the control of weeds. These chemicals are known as herbicides. They are sprayed either on the leaves of weeds or applied to the soil. They are classified into:
(i) Selective herbicides: These are chemicals that can kill certain groups or species of plants. Example is 2, 4 -D (Dichlorophen-oxyacetic acid). They can be used in cereals, sugar cane and soya beans farms to reduce weeds.

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1. Blue feather--Commelina nudiflora

2. BAHAMA GRASS

BUR WEED-------Triumfetta rhumboidea

CALAPO--------Calapagonium mucunoides

CARPET GRASS-----Axonopus compressors

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CELOCIA------Celosia rotundus

CENTRO-------Centrocema pubescens

DESMODIUM----Desmodium Spp

DODDER--------Cascuta americana

ELEPHANT GRASS------Pennisetum purpurium

EMILLIA------Emillia sognifochia

FOXTAIL GRASS----Setaria barbata

GOAT WEED------Ageretum conyzoides READ MORE ABOUT THE USES OF GOAT WEED HERE

GUINEA GRASS----Panacum maximum

GIANT STAR GRASS-----Cynodon plectostachyus

GUATEMALA GRASS------Tripsaum laxum

GRAGOSTIC GRASS----Gragrostic aspera

LEMON GRASS---Cymbopogon citratus

MILK WEED-------Euophorbia hirta

MISLETOE------LORANTHUS PENTAGONA

MONEY WEED--------accanthospernum hispidum

NORTHERN GAMBA GRASS--Andropogon gayanus

GLORIOSA PLANT------Gloriosa superba

PARA GRASS---------Pernicum barbinode

PANGOLA GRASS -Digitaria decumbens

PIG WEED-------------Boerhavia diffusa
rabbit-weed RABBIT WEED-------- Gutierrezia

Flixweed Sisymbrium sofia

floating marsh marigold Caltha natans

Floating Mud-rush Scirpus

Floating Sweetgrass Glyceria fluitans

Florence Fennel Foeniculum vulgare var. azoricum

Florence Fennel Foeniculum vulgare var. dulce

Florentine Iris Iris x germanica var. florentina

Floss Flower Ageratum houstonianum

Flossflower Ageratum conyzoides

Flower of An Hour Hibiscus trionum

Flowering Maple Abutilon grandifolium

Flowering Maple Abutilon hybr.

Flowering Rush Butomus umbellatus

Flowery Senna Cassia corymbosa

Fool's Parsley Aethusa cynapium

Forget-me-not Myosotis

Forget-me-not Myosotis scorpioides

Formosa Lily Lilium formosanum

Formosa sweet gum Liquidambar acerifolia:

Formosa sweet gum Liquidambar formosana

Formosa sweet gum Liquidambar maximowiczii:

Fountain Grass Pennisetum alopecoroides

Fountain Grass Pennisetum setaceum

Fountains Lobelia Lobelia erinus

four-leaved mare's tail Hippuris tetraphylla

Fox Sedge Carex vulpinoidea

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PUERO----------------------------------------Pueraria phaseoloides

RUBBER WEED-----------------------------Mimosa pudica

RHODES GRASS-----------------------------Chloris guyana

SOUTHERN GAMBA GRASS---------------Andropogon tectorum

SUNHEMP-------------------------------------Crotelaria junc-Imperata cylindrica

STYLO--------------Stylosanthes gracilis

SENSITIVE PLANT----Mimosa pudica

SEDGE PLANT--------Cyperus rotundatus

SIAM WEED----Chromolina oohum

STUBBORN GRASS-----Sida acuta

GREEN-TETE-WITH THORNS-------Amaranthus spinosis

Abscess Root Polemonium reptans
Acanthus-leaved Thistle Carlina acanthifolia
Accocha Cyclanthera pedata
Aconite Aconitum
Aconite Aconitum columbianum
Aconite Aconitum fischeri
Acroclinium Helipterum roseum
Adam's Needle Yucca filamentosa
Adder's Tongue Erythronium americanum
Adder's Tongue Erythronium tuolumnense
Aden Senna Cassia holosericeae
Adriatic bellflower Campanula elatines
Adzuki Bean Phaseolus angularis
African Ammoniacum Ferula communis
African Bdellium Balsamodendron africanum
African Bdellium Ceradia furcata
African Blackwood Peltophorum africanum
African Cedar Cedrus atlantica
African Cucumber

Cucumis metuliferus
African Daisy Arctotis breviscapa
African Daisy Arctotis hybrida
African Daisy Arctotis venusta
African Daisy Dimorphotheca barberiae

African Daisy Dimorphotheca ecklonis

African Kino Pterocarpus erinaceus

African Lily Agapanthus africanus

African Marigold Tagetes erecta

African Valerian Fedia cornucopiae

African Valerian Valeriana cornucopiae

African Valerian Valeriana cornucopiae:

African violet Saintpaulia ionantha

African wormwood Artemisia afra

Agar-agar Gelidium amansii

Agave Agave americana

Agrimony Agrimonia eupatoria

Agrimony Agrimonia pilosa:

Agrimony Agrimonia viscidula:

Aji Colorado Chile Capsicum pendulum

Aji Habanero Chile Capsicum baccatum

Ajo lily Hesperocallis undulata

Ajowan Carum copticum

Ajowan Trachyspermum ammi

Ajwan Carum copti

Alaska Oniongrass Melica subulata

Alaska willow Salix alaxensis

Alaskan blueberry Vaccinium alaskaense

Alaskan mountain-heather Cassiope stelleriana

Alba Semiplena Rose Rosa x alba

Albany Beech Drops Pterospora andromeda

Alexanders Smyrnium olusatrum

Alfalfa Medicago sativa

Alkanet Anchusa

Alkanet Anchusa tinctoria

Alkanet Pentaglottis sempervirens

Alligator Juniper Juniperus pachyphloea

All-seed Radiola linoides

Allspice Pimenta dioica

Allspice Pimenta officinalis

Allspice Pimenta officinalis:

Allwood's Dianthus Dianthus x allwoodii

Almond Geranium Pelargonium quercifolium 'Pretty Polly'

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