@article{Ranjit_Bellinder_Hobbs_Rajbhandari_Kataki_2009, title={Mapping <i>Phalaris minor</i> under the Rice-Wheat Cropping System in different Agro-Ecological Regions of Nepal}, volume={7}, url={https://nepjol.info/index.php/NARJ/article/view/1869}, DOI={10.3126/narj.v7i0.1869}, abstractNote={A survey was conducted in order to map the spread of &lt;em&gt;Phalaris minor&lt;/em&gt; in wheat in nine districts&lt;br /&gt;in the mid-hill, Terai and inner Terai areas of the rice-wheat cropping system in Nepal during&lt;br /&gt;1998/99. Both qualitative and quantitative data were collected from 540 farmers and &lt;em&gt;P. minor&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;was recorded in all of the nine surveyed districts. Percent summed dominance ratio (SDR) and&lt;br /&gt;average number per unit area (m&lt;sup&gt;2&lt;/sup&gt;) of &lt;em&gt;P. minor&lt;/em&gt; was compared to different districts of mid-hills,&lt;br /&gt;inner Tarai, and Tarai belts along with other weeds in the wheat crop. &lt;em&gt;P. minor&lt;/em&gt; ranked as the&lt;br /&gt;first and second important weed of wheat that reduced the wheat yield from 10 to 50 percent. Its&lt;br /&gt;populations varied from district to district. However, the infestation appeared to be in increasing&lt;br /&gt;trend. Future strategies need to consider in increasing growers’ abilities to identify &lt;em&gt;P. minor&lt;/em&gt; at&lt;br /&gt;early growth stages when it is particularly difficult to differentiate from wheat seedlings. It is&lt;br /&gt;suggested that frequent monitoring of weeds in different tillage and weed management practices&lt;br /&gt;should be initiated. Besides farmers’ training in the future there needs to be emphasis placed on&lt;br /&gt;increasing farmer’s awareness on the serious negative impact of &lt;em&gt;P. minor&lt;/em&gt; on wheat yield and&lt;br /&gt;quality.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Key words:&lt;/strong&gt; Agro-ecology;&lt;em&gt; Phalaris minor&lt;/em&gt;; survey; weeds; wheat&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;DOI: 10.3126/narj.v7i0.1869&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nepal Agriculture Research Journal Vol.7 2006 pp.54-63}, journal={Nepal Agriculture Research Journal}, author={Ranjit, JD and Bellinder, RR and Hobbs, P and Rajbhandari, NK and Kataki, P}, year={2009}, month={May}, pages={54–63} }