Plant Introduction in Environmental Pollution Control and Waste Land Development

Abstract

The pernicious weed Parthenium hysterophorus L.,
commonly known as congress grass, carrot weed. white
cap etc, growing naturally since centuries in Latin
America and many other countries, has become one
of the seven most dreaded weeds of the world (Singia,
1992). In India, it is noticed only from mid-fifties and
is presumed to have been accidentally introduced in
Maharashtra.