CLASS-VIII; SCIENCE
Prepared by Subhankar Karmakar
5) REMOVING THE WEEDS OR WEEDING
Weeds: The unwanted plants or wild plants which grow along with a cultivated crop are called weeds. Like some of the common weeds found in wheat and rice fields are:
(a) Wild oat
(b) Grass
(c) Amaranthus
(d) Chenopodium
HARMFUL EFFECTS OF WEEDS:
The growth of weeds in the fields is harmful because
(i) they consume a lot of fertilisers, water, sunlight and space, meant for the crops plants,
(ii) weeds reduce the crop yield and lower the quality of food grains,
(iii) some weeds are poisonous for human beings and animals,
(iv) some weeds interfere in harvesting.
WEEDING:
The process of removing weeds from a crop field is called weeding.
VARIOUS METHODS OF WEEDING:
(a) Removal of weeds by pulling them out with hand.
(b) Removal of weeds by using a trowel ( khurpa)
(c) Destroying the weeds by spraying special chemicals called weedicides.
WEEDICIDES:
The poisonous chemicals which are used to kill weeds in the fields are called weedicides. Some of the common weedicides are: 2,4-D, MCPA, Butachlor.