COMMON WEEDS OF RABI (WINTER) CROPS OF TEHSIL NOWSHERA, DISTRICT RAJOURI (JAMMU KASHMIR), INDIA

The present communication pertains to common weeds of rabi crops of Nowshera, teshil of the district Rajouri (Jammu Kashmir), India. From the study area the 53 weed species belonging to 01 monocot and 20 dicot families are reported. Among dicot families the maximum dominance was shown byAsteracece and Fabaceae, each represented by eight species. The only reported monocot family was Poaceae which included four weed species. The common weeds of rabi crops were Avena fatua, Anagallis arvensis, Chenopodium album, Cirsium arvense, Fumaria parviflora, Lathyrus aphaca, Melilotus indica, Parthenium hysterophorus, Phalaris minor, Rumex dentatus, Vicia hirsuta and Vicia sativa etc.