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15 - Parthenium hysterophorus L. (Asteraceae)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 August 2010

Rangaswamy Muniappan
Affiliation:
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Gadi V. P. Reddy
Affiliation:
University of Guam
Anantanarayanan Raman
Affiliation:
Charles Sturt University, Orange, New South Wales
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Parthenium hysterophorus L. (Asteraceae), commonly known as parthenium, is a weed of global significance (Navie et al., 1996; Fig. 15.1). Parthenium is a major weed in Australia and India. In Australia, parthenium was first identified in 1955, but was proclaimed as a noxious plant in 1975 (Auld et al., 1983). Parthenium was accidentally introduced into India in 1955 (Rao, 1956), and has since spread to neighboring countries, including Pakistan (Javaid and Anjum, 2005; Shabbir and Bajwa, 2006), Sri Lanka (Jayasuriya, 2005), Bangladesh, and Nepal. Parthenium also occurs in southern China, Taiwan, Vietnam, and Israel in Asia (Nath, 1981; Joel and Liston, 1986), several Pacific islands including New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea, Seychelles, Vanuatu (Adkins et al., 2005), and several African countries including Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Mozambique, South Africa, Somalia, Swaziland, and Zimbabwe (i.e. Wood, 1897; Hilliard, 1977; Njoroge, 1986, 1989, 1991; Nath, 1988; Frew et al., 1996; Tamado and Milberg 2000; Tamado et al., 2002a; MacDonald et al., 2003; CABI, 2004; Da Silva et al., 2004; Fessehaie et al., 2005; Taye et al., 2004b; Strathie et al., 2005) (Fig. 15.1).

Parthenium is an annual herb with a deep-penetrating taproot system and an erect shoot system. Young plants form a rosette of leaves close to the soil surface. As it matures, the plant develops many branches on its upper half, and may eventually grow up to two meters (McFadyen, 1992).

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Print publication year: 2009

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