Title: Green weeds as a source of manure used for production of maize vegetation
Abstract: Weeds are plants, which grow in places where they are not required. Weeds add to the cost of cultivation, impair the quality as well as reduce the market value of the farm produce, harbour insects, fungal and virus pests that attack on crop plants. Weeds form a free crop of great potential value; an economic utilization of these resources through compost manure production can help not only in meeting the challenge of energy crisis but also keeping environment pollution free. The weed vegetation of Cassia tora L., Achyranthes aspera L., Tephrosia hamiltoni Drumm., Crotolaria notonii Wt. and Arn. were used for the preparation of green manure. The promising effects of green manure on maize yield have been discussed in present paper. [Sanjay R. Biradar (2012). Green weeds as a source of manure used for production of maize vegetation. DAV International Journal of Science, 1(1), 46-48]