Agricultural Reviews

  • Chief EditorPradeep K. Sharma

  • Print ISSN 0253-1496

  • Online ISSN 0976-0741

  • NAAS Rating 4.63

Frequency :
Quarterly (March, June, September & December)
Indexing Services :
AGRICOLA, Google Scholar, CrossRef, CAB Abstracting Journals, Chemical Abstracts, Indian Science Abstracts, EBSCO Indexing Services, Index Copernicus
Agricultural Reviews, volume 42 issue 3 (september 2021) : 322-328

Weeds and their Management under Changing Climate: A Review 

Jeena Mary
1Department of Agronomy, College of Horticulture, Vellanikkara- 680 656, Kerala, India.
Cite article:- Mary Jeena (2021). Weeds and their Management under Changing Climate: A Review. Agricultural Reviews. 42(3): 322-328. doi: 10.18805/ag.R-2054.
World is now facing a greater menace of climate change and this has a long term impact on agriculture system. Weeds are one of the major factors that hold back the crops from attaining potential yield. The changing climate can have an effect on weed diversity, establishment and management. The response of weeds to altering climate mainly leans on the physiological characteristics of the weed and how productively it can respond to the immediate climatic condition. Due to high plasticity of weeds, management of these unwanted plants become difficult. This has significant repercussions on weed control practices, especially herbicide performance and effectiveness. Therefore, an integrated approach of weed management is adopted to reduce the impact of climate change on crop-weed interaction. 
  1. Allen, J.L., Clusella-Trullas, S. and Chown, S.L. (2014). Thermal tolerance of Cyrtobagous salviniae: a biocontrol agent in a changing world. BioControl. 59(3): 357-366.
  2. Awasthi, J.P., Paraste, K.S., Rathore, M., Varun, M., Jaggi, D. and Kumar, B. (2018). Effect of elevated CO2 on Vigna radiata and two weed species: yield, physiology and crop-weed interaction. Crop and Pasture Science. 69(6): 617-631.
  3. Bailey-Serres, J. and Voesenek, L.A.C.J. (2008). Flooding stress: acclimations and genetic diversity. Annu. Rev. Plant Biol. 59: 313-339.
  4. Bajwa, A.A., Wang, H., Chauhan, B.S. and Adkins, S.W. (2019). Effect of elevated carbon dioxide concentration on growth, productivity and glyphosate response of parthenium weed (Parthenium hysterophorus L.). Pest Management Science. 75(11): 2934-2941.
  5. Bhusal, D.R., Ghimire, K.C., Patel, P., Bista, M., Upadhyay, R. and Kumar, B. (2020). Temperature and altitude modulate feeding attributes of Mexican beetle, Zygogramma bicolorata Pallister on Parthenium hysterophorus. Journal of Thermal Biology. 89: p.102540.
  6. Bir, M.S.H., Won, O.J., Bo, A.B., Ruziev, F., Umurzokov, M., Jia, W., Yun, H.J., Khaitov, B. and Park, K.W. (2018). Growth Response of Weed Species in a Paddy Field under Elevated Temperatures. Weed and Turf grass Science. 7(4): 321-329.
  7. Banerjee, A.K., Mukherjee, A., Guo, W., Liu, Y. and Huang, Y. (2019). Spatio-temporal patterns of climatic niche dynamics of an invasive plant Mikania micrantha Kunth and its potential distribution under projected climate change. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 7: p.291.
  8. Barua, I.C., Baruah, A., Sarathambal, C. and Kumar, B. (2015). Alien invasive weeds and their management. Indian Farming. 65(7): 52-55.
  9. Bhan, V.M., Kumar, S. and Raghuwanshi, M.S. (1999). Weed management in India. Indian Journal of Plant Protection. 27(1/2): 171-202.
  10. Beaumont, L.J., Gallagher, R.V., Downey, P.O., Thuiller, W., Leishman, M.R. and Hughes, L. (2009). Modelling the impact of Hieracium spp. on protected areas in Australia under future climates. Ecography. 32(5): 757-764.
  11. Casteel, C.L., Niziolek, O.K., Leakey, A.D., Berenbaum, M.R. and DeLucia, E.H. (2012). Effects of elevated CO2 and soil water content on phytohormone transcript induction in Glycine max after Popillia japonica feeding. Arthropod-Plant Interactions. 6(3): 439-447.
  12. Chauhan, B.S. and Johnson, D.E. (2010). Growth and reproduction of jungle rice (Echinochloa colona) in response to water stress. Weed Science. 58(2): 132-135.
  13. Dash, S.K. and Hunt, J.C.R. (2007). Variability of climate change in India. Current Science. pp.782-788.
  14. Davis, K.F., Chhatre, A., Rao, N.D., Singh, D. and DeFries, R. (2019). Sensitivity of grain yields to historical climate variability in India. Environmental Research Letters. 14(6): p.064013.
  15. Derksen, D.A. anderson, R.L., Blackshaw, R.E. and Maxwell, B. (2002). Weed dynamics and management strategies for cropping systems in the northern Great Plains. Agronomy Journal. 94(2): 174-185.
  16. Dukes, J. S. and Mooney, H. A. (1999). Does global change increase the success of biological invaders? Trends Ecol. Evol. 14: 135-139.
  17. Fausey, J.C. and Renner, K.A. (2001). Environmental effects on CGA-248757 and flumiclorac efficacy/soybean tolerance. Weed Science. 49(5): 668-674.
  18. Fuentes, R.G., Baltazar, A.M., Merca, F.E., Ismail, A.M. and Johnson, D.E. (2010). Morphological and physiological responses of lowland purple nutsedge (Cyperus rotundus L.) to flooding. AoB plants.
  19. Fuhrer, J. (2003). Agroecosystem responses to combinations of elevated CO2, ozone and global climate change. Agric. Ecosyst. Environ. 97: 1-20.
  20. Ganie, Z.A., Jugulam, M. and Jhala, A.J. (2017). Temperature influences efficacy, absorption and translocation of 2, 4-D or glyphosate in glyphosate-resistant and glyphosate-susceptible common ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia) and giant ragweed (Ambrosia trifida). Weed Science. 65(5): 588-602.
  21. Gharde, Y., Singh, P.K., Dubey, R.P. and Gupta, P.K. (2018). Assessment of yield and economic losses in agriculture due to weeds in India. Crop Protection. 107:12-18.
  22. Grace, J.B. (1990). On the relationship between plant traits and competitive ability In: Perspectives on Plant Competition (eds Grace JB, editor; and Tilman D, editor.), 51–66.
  23. Hardegree, S.P. (2006). Predicting germination response to temperature. I. Cardinal-temperature models and subpopulation-specific regression. Annals of Botany. 97(6): 1115-1125.
  24. IPCC (2014). Climate Change 2014 synthesis report summary chapter for policymakers. IPCC 31. doi:10.1017/CBO978 1107415324.
  25. Kapoor, R.T. (2014). The stimulating impact of elevated temperatures on growth and productivity of Parthenium hysterophorus L. Egyptian Journal of Biology. 16: 51-56.
  26. Kathiresan, R.M. (2014). Management of invasive alien weeds under changing climate. In: Souvenir Directorate of Weed Research, Jabalpur, India, pp. 71-79
  27. Khan, S.A., Kumar, S., Hussain, M.Z. and Kalra, N. (2009). Climate change, climate variability and Indian agriculture: impacts vulnerability and adaptation strategies. In: Climate Change and Crops, Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, pp. 19-38.
  28. Kumar, S. and Upadhyay, S.K. (2019). Impact of climate change on agricultural productivity and food security in India: A State level analysis. Indian Journal of Agricultural Research. 53(2): 133-142.
  29. Mandal, A.K., Dheebakaran, G., Banik, M., Kumar, A. and Prasad, S.A. (2017). Response of Bermuda grass (Cynodon dactylon) growth under elevated temperature and moisture stress condition. Pharma Innovaion Journal. 6(12): 83-87.
  30. Mandal, A. K., Dheebakaran, G., Banik, M., Kumar, A. and Kumar, V. (2017). Impact of climate change on adaptation capacity of Horse purslane (Trianthema portulacastrum). The Pharma Innovation Journal. 6(11): 414-418.
  31. Manea, A., Leishman, M.R. and Downey, P.O. (2011). Exotic C4 grasses have increased tolerance to glyphosate under elevated carbon dioxide. Weed Science. 59(1): 28-36.
  32. Marble, S. C., Prior, S. A., Runion, G.B. and Torbert, H. A. (2015). Control of yellow and purple nutsedge in elevated CO2 environments with glyphosate and halosulfuron. Frontiers in Plant Science. 6: p.1.
  33. Mohamed, K.I., Bolin, J.F., Musselman, L.J. and Peterson, A.T. (2007). Genetic diversity of Striga and implications for control and modeling future distributions. In: Integrating new technologies for striga control: towards ending the witch-hunt. pp.71-84.
  34. Naidu, V.S.G.R., Mahajan, G., Chander, S. and Kumar, B. (2015). Crop-weed competition and management under changing climate. Indian Farming. 65(7): 40-43.
  35. Naidu, V.S.G.R. and Murthy, T.G.K. (2014). Crop-weed interactions under climate change. Indian Journal of Weed Science. 46(1): 61-65.
  36. Nguyen, T., Bajwa, A.A., Navie, S., O’donnell, C. and Adkins, S. (2017). Parthenium weed (Parthenium hysterophorus L.) and climate change: the effect of CO2 concentration, temperature and water deficit on growth and reproduction of two biotypes. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 24(11): 10727-10739.
  37. Okezie, A., Udodirim, U., Okezie, R. and Sulaiman, J. (2011). Climate variability and change: Perceptions and adaptations in subsistence agriculture. Indian Journal of Agricultural Research. 45(4): 275-282.
  38. Olson, B.L., Al-Khatib, K., Stahlman, P., Parrish, S. and Moran, S. (1999). Absorption and translocation of MON 37500 in wheat and other grass species. Weed Science, pp. 37-40.
  39. Ooi, MKJ, (2012). Seed bank persistence and climate change. Seed Science Research. 22: 53-60. 
  40. Price, A.J., Runion, G.B., Prior, S.A., Rogers, H.H. and Torbert, H.A. (2009). Tropical spiderwort (Commelina benghalensis L.) increases growth under elevated atmospheric carbon dioxide. Journal of Environmental Quality. 38(2): 729-733.
  41. Prior, S.A., Torbert, H.A., Runion, G.B. and Rogers, H.H. (2003). Implications of elevated CO2–induced changes in agroecosystem productivity. J. Crop Prod. 8: 217-244.
  42. Rana, S.S. and Rana, M.C. (2016). Principles and practices of weed management. Department of Agronomy, College of Agriculture, CSK Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishvavidyalaya, Palampur, 138p.
  43. Ren, Z., Zagortchev, L., Ma, J., Yan, M. and Li, J. (2020). Predicting the potential distribution of the parasitic Cuscuta chinensis under global warming. BMC Ecology. 20: 1-14.
  44. Sakai, A.K., Allendorf, F.W., Holt, J.S., Lodge, D.M., Molofsky, J., With, K.A., Baughman, S., Cabin, R.J., Cohen, J.E., Ellstrand, N.C. and McCauley, D.E. (2001). The population biology of invasive species. Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics. 32(1): 305-332.
  45. Sarathambal, C., Rathore, M., Jaggi, D. and Kumar, B. (2016). Response of soil enzymes to elevated CO2 and temperature in weeds associated with rice-wheat cropping system.    Indian Journal of Weed Science. 48(1): 29-32.
  46. Scott, J.K., Batchelor, K., Ota, N. and Yeoh, P.B. (2008). Modelling climate change on sleeper and alert weeds. Final report for defeating the weed menace. Land and Water, Canberra Australia.
  47. Singh, S., Punia, S.S. and Malik, R.S. (2010). Interaction effect of water temperature for spraying clodinafop formulations on phalaris minor biotypes. Indian Journal of Weed Science. 42(1and2): 44-51.
  48. Singh, R.P., Singh, R.K. and Singh, M.K. (2011). Impact of climate and carbon dioxide change on weeds and their management - a review. Indian Journal of Weed Science. 43(1and 2): 1- 11. 
  49. Sireesha, A., Rao, P.C., Swapna, G. and Ramalakshmi, C.S. (2011). Persistence of pendimethalin and oxyfluorfen at different temperature and moisture levels in an alfisol and vertisol. Indian Journal of Weed Science. 43(3 and 4):181-187.
  50. Skinner, J. (2015). The invasive weed Chinese violet (Asystasia gangetica subspecies micrantha) now threatens northern Australia. Plant Protection Quarterly. 30(4): 126-132.
  51. Sujayanand, G.K. and Karuppaiah, V. (2016). Aftermath of climate change on insect migration: A review. Agricultural Reviews. 37(3): 221-227.
  52. Toh, R., Hanan, J., Dhileepan, K., Shivas, R.G. and Adkins, S.W. (2011). Stimulation of Parthenium weed canopy under changing climate using L - systems. 19th International Congress on Modelling and Stimulation, Perth, Australia. 12-16th December. pp. 1009-1015. 
  53. Torresen, K.S., Fykse, H., Rafoss, T. and Gerowitt, B. (2020). Autumn growth of three perennial weeds at high latitude benefits from climate change. Global Change Biology. 26(4): 2561-2572.
  54. Upasani, R.R. and Barla, S. (2018). Weed dynamics in changing climate. Journal of Experimental Botany. 66(12): 3435-3450.
  55. Varanasi, A., Prasad, P.V. and Jugulam, M. (2016). Impact of climate change factors on weeds and herbicide efficacy. In: Advances in Agronomy. Academic Press. (Vol. 135, pp. 107-146).
  56. Vollmer, J.L. and Vollmer, J.G. (2006). Controlling cheatgrass in winter range to restore habitat and endemic fire. In: Kitchen, S.G., Pendleton, R.L., Monaco, T.A., Vernon, J. (Comps.). Proc. Shrublands under fire: disturbance and recovery in a changing world, pp. 6-8.
  57. Walck, J.L., Hidayati, S.N., Dixon, K.W., Thompson, K.E.N. and Poschlod, P. (2011). Climate change and plant regeneration from seed. Global Change Biology. 17(6): 2145-2161.
  58. Wei, H., Lu, X. and Ding, J. (2015). Direct and indirect impacts of different water regimes on the invasive plant, alligator weed (Alternanthera philoxeroides) and its biological control agent, Agasicles hygrophila. Weed Biology and Management. 15(1): 1-10.
  59. Williamson, M. (2006). Explaining and predicting the success of invading species at different stages of invasion. Biol. Invas. 8:1561-1568. doi: 10.1007/s10530-005-5849-7. 
  60. Wilson, R.G., Kerr, E.D. and Nelson, L.A. (1985). Potential for using weed seed content in the soil to predict future weed problems. Weed Science. pp.171-175.
  61. Ye, X.Q., Meng, J.L., Zeng, B., Wu, M., Zhang, Y.Y. and Zhang, X.P. (2016). Submergence causes similar carbohydrate starvation but faster post-stress recovery than darkness in Alternanthera philoxeroides plants. PLoS One. 11(10): p.e0165193.
  62. Yoho, P., Batchelor, K., Ota, N. and Scott, J. (2009). Sleeper and Alert Weeds: Where Will They Awaken as Climate Changes.
  63. Zeng, Q., Liu, B., Gilna, B., Zhang, Y., Zhu, C., Ma, H., Pang, J., Chen, G. and Zhu, J. (2011). Elevated CO2 effects on nutrient competition between a C3 crop (Oryza sativa L.) and a C4 weed (Echinochloa crusgalli L.). Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems. 89(1): 93-104.
  64. Zhang, Q., Zhang, Y., Peng, S. and Zobel, K. (2014). Climate warming may facilitate invasion of the exotic shrub Lantana camara. PLoS One. 9(9): p.e105500.
  65. Ziska, L.H. and Goins, E.W. (2006). Elevated atmospheric carbon dioxide and weed populations in glyphosate treated soybean. Crop Science. 46(3): 1354-1359.

Editorial Board

View all (0)