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Weeds persistently contend with crops causing a substantial loss in their yield (Mushtaq & Siddiqui, 2018). Losses caused by weeds are far above the losses from any category of agronomic pests such as insects, diseases, nematodes, rodents, etc., (Abouziena & Haggag, 2016). An average reduction of 34% is caused by weeds in crop production (Oerke, 2006). Some commercial crops that suffer reductions in their harvest due to weeds are as follows: wheat 23%, potatoes 30%, cotton 36%, rice 37%, soybeans 37%, and maize 40% (Oerke, 2006). Weeds acquire a serious share of applied fertilizers and reduce their accessibility to crops (Bajwa, 2014; Guglielmini, Verdu, & Satorre, 2017). They restrain the crop plants to the available light, moisture, and space as well (Guglielmini et al., 2017). Moreover, they decline the standard of crops, obstruct water channels, disturb human health, cause fire threats, and appear unpleasant in recreation areas like gardens, pools, parks, pavements, and pathways (Singh, Batish, & Kohli, 2003). Therefore, weeds are recognized as severe plant pests ever since the ancestral days (Zimdahl, 2013). They have constantly engaged with the agricultural practices which made it necessary to adopt certain measures to look for their control (Zimdahl, 2013).
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Mushtaq, W., Siddiqui, M.B., Hakeem, K.R. (2020). Introduction. In: Allelopathy. SpringerBriefs in Agriculture. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-40807-7_1
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