Abstract:
ParthemumhysterophorusL .(Asteraceae)isaninvasiv eweedo fpastures,marginallan dand
agriculturalfieldsparticularlyi ndevelopingworld.Variousproblemsareposedbytheweed
t ohumanhealth,agriculture,livestoc kproductionandbiodiversity.Hencethestudywas
carriedoutt oevaluatethePrevalenceandSocio-EconomicImpactso fP.hysterophorusL. ,
onAgriculturalProducts.10kebeleswererandoml yselectedamong37kebelesi ntheAdama
Woredat ostudytheprevalenceandimpac to fpartheniumweedonagriculturalproduct.A
tota lo f9quadrats( 1m^areaeach)fro meachkebeleswereselectedbyusingstratified
rando msampling.Toinvestigatethesocio-economicimpac to ftheplantatota lo f225
householdswererandoml yselectedandthepreparedquestionnaireswerealsodistributed
amongthehouseholds.Theallelopaticeffecto fP.hysterophorusonTef f(Eragostisteff).
PotatoandOnion{Alliumcepa)wereevaluatedo npartheniumcompost.Thep Handsoi l
moisturei nbothpartheniumboundedandnon-partheniumboundedsoi lwererandoml ytake n
fro meachstudyari aandtakent olaboratory .Thedatacollectedfro mquestionnairesshowed
significantprevalenceo fpartheniumweedi nAdulalahatie(100%) ,Merebemermersa
(96.67%) ,andKobdlut o(52.33% )kebeles.Thefieldstudyshowedsignificantprevalenceo f
theweed(0.48) .Theplanthadsignificanteffectonlivestoc kproductsquality,agriculture
productivity ,humanhealthandotherbiodiversity.Theallelopaticstudyconductedon
PartheniumcompostshowedthatPotatohasbetterheight70.66c mandyiel d10.63k.g,
whereastheheightandyiel do ftef f65.33cmand0.46k.gandtheonion49.6cm,and4.04k.g
wereaffectedduringtheentirecroppingseason.Hencei tcoul dbeconcludedthat,the
Partheniumcompostcontainsallelopathiceffectwhichcouldaffectthemajoragronomic
characteristicssuchasyiel dandheight.
