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Lal B. Thapa, Ritu Deuba, Nirjan Oli, Uday Kumar Singh1 and Sanjay Kumar Jha. 2020. Invasion status of alien weeds in the historical Chobhar area of Kathmandu valley, Nepal . Indian Journal of Weed Science : 52( 4) 405- 407.







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Volume Issue Publication year Page No Type of article
52 4 2020 405-407 Research note
Invasion status of alien weeds in the historical Chobhar area of Kathmandu valley, Nepal

Lal B. Thapa, Ritu Deuba, Nirjan Oli, Uday Kumar Singh1 and Sanjay Kumar Jha

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5958/0974-8164.2020.00080.5

Email: sk.jha@cdbtu.edu.np
Address: Central Department of Botany, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu 44600, Nepal

Keywords:

Invasive alien weeds in Nepal have become a great problem. Many of them have been naturalized and threatening native ecosystems and biodiversity. This assessment was carried out to measure the density, frequency and coverage of four major invasive weeds in a historical place, Chobhar of Kathmandu, Nepal. It was found that Ageratina adenophora had the highest density, frequency, and cover in the Pine forest. Similarly, Ageratum conyzoides, Bidens pilosa, and Parthenium hysterophorus were dense and frequent with high cover along the roadside. The frequency of B. pilosa and P. hysterophorus was comparatively high in the fallow land. It shows that the ecological parameters of the particular invasive alien weeds vary with land-use types and aspects. These weeds should be regularly monitored and appropriate methods of controlling them should be implemented in the study area.



Abstract:

Alien plants, Biological invasion, Ecological impacts, Native species 





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