Background

The AICRP-Weed Control was started under USDA programme for a period of six years from April, 1978. The Ist phase centres as given below remained for six years from April, 1978 to March, 1984. The IInd phase centres -were for five years from April, 1982 to March 1987, while the IIIrd phase centres remained for four years from April, 1986 to March, 1990 under USDA finance. After the termination of USDA assistance, the centres received full fledged financial support by the ICAR as All India Coordinated Research Programme on Weed Control.

Objectives of AICRP- WC

• To study the weed flora and their distribution, ecology and habitat under different agro-climatic regions of the country.

• To work out the effective and economical weed management practices for cereals, pulses, oilseeds, vegetables, fodder and orchard crops under different cropping systems.

• To find out the weed management practices in relation to effective utilization of fertilizers and manures.

• To study ecology of most obnoxious weeds of cropped and non-cropped lands.

• To study ecology, habitat, crop–weed relationships of aquatic, semi aquatic and parasitic  weeds.

• To study long term cumulative residue effects, if any, of herbicides and to standardize bioassay technique for estimating herbicides residue in soil, plant and water system.

• To design and develop weed control tools and implements.

Mandate of AICRP- WC

To take up research on location-specific weed management problems for different agro-climate regions of India and to develop weed management technology for respective regions with location specificity.

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