Siam weed (Chromolaena odorata) and crop production in Nigeria

Abstract

Siam weed was introduced to Nigeria in 1937, through importation of timber species from Sri Lanka. It is now a serious weed of both arable and plantation crops. Efforts to control it through manual, mechanical, chemical and biological means have met with little success. A new research focus should perhaps be on possible industrial and pharmaceutical uses. -from Author