Open Access
Subscription or Fee Access
Assessing the status of soil seed bank in Parthenium hysterophorus invaded land use types and its social aspects in Lower Hare Watershed, Southern Ethiopia
Abstract
This study aimed to assess soil seed bank of Parthenium hysterophorus under major land use
types and assess community perception towards the effects of P. hysterophorus on social
aspects in lower Hare watershed. For this study, 210 soil samples were collected from fifteen
transect lines in grassland, cropland, and forestland use types. Statistical analysis using three
ways factorial ANOVA was used to analyze the difference in density of P. hysterophorus
among various land uses soil depths, and sites. For the perception of local communities
regarding the effects of P. hysterophorus, a total of 117 respondents were used and close-
ended questionnaires for data collection. Results indicated that mean density of seeds were
the highest in croplands of other land use types. Meanwhile, the highest mean density of
seeds was identified in 0-10 cm soil depth. The highest seeds were identified at Chano
Cheliba. 8.5% in Kola Doriga said that it had effects on ecosystem services. Seeking possible
solutions such as biological and mechanical control methods are among the local people,
extension workers can use for the management of its invasion, and appropriate control
measures can be designed to combat its further invasion of the region.
Keywords
References
Adkins S and Shabbir A. Biology, Ecology and Management of the Invasive Parthenium Weed (Parthenium
hysterophorus L.). Pest Management Science (2014) 70:1023-1029, https://doi.org/10.1002/ps.3708.
Adugna YB , Adinew MG , Getahun AK , Gurmu EA, Berhie A, Awoke A, Desta TG (2022). Evaluation of the
Antidiabetic Activity of Hydromethanolic Roots Extracts of Rumex abyssinicus Jacq: (Polygonaceae)
in Swiss Albino Mice. Evid Based Complement Alternat Med, doi: 10.1155/2022/5193250.
Anita, S., Neeraj, K., Anuja, S.H., Manpreet, K., Anita, Y. (2014). Utility Potential of Parthenium
hysterophorus for its Strategic Management, 16.
Auma, D.M. (2014). Distribution of Parthenium hystrophorus L. and its impacts on biodiversity and agricultural
productivity in Nyndo Sub County, Kisumu County, Kenya. A Thesis Submitted in Partial Fulfillment
of the Requirement MSc Thesis, Kenyatta University.
Ayana, E., Ensermu, K. Teshome, S. Impact of Parthenium hysterophorus L .(Asteracea) on Herbaceous plant
biodiversity of Awashe natinal park (ANP). Manag. Biolog. Invasions (2011) 2:69-80.
Birhanu A, Khan RP. The distribution, status and mitigation methods of Parthenium hysterophorus L. in
Ethiopia: A review. JMPS (2018) 6(4): 05-10.
Boja M, Girma Z, Dalle G. Impacts of Parthenium hysterophorus L. on Plant Species Diversity in Ginir District,
Southeastern Ethiopia. Diversity (2022) 14(8):675. https://doi.org/10.3390/d1408067.
Cheng F and Cheng Z Research Progress on the use of Plant Allelopathy in Agriculture and the Physiological
and Ecological Mechanisms of Allelopathy. Front. Plant Sci. (2015) 6:1020. doi:
3389/fpls.2015.01020.
Clarence J. Msafiri, Mokiti T. Tarimo, Patrick A. Ndakidemi. Allelopathic effects of Parthenium hysterophorus
on seed germination, seedling growth, fresh and dry mass production of Alysicurpus glumaceae and
Chloris gayana. American Journal of Research Communication (2013) 1(11): 190-205.
Costello B, Osunkoya OO, Sandino J, Marinic W, Trotter P, Shi B, Gonzalez F, Dhileepan K. Detection of
Parthenium Weed (Parthenium hysterophorus L.) and Its Growth Stages Using Artificial
Intelligence. Agriculture (2022) 12(11):1838. https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture12111838.
Dhileepan, K., Strathie, L. . Parthenium hysterophorus L. (Asteraceae). In: Muniappan R, Reddy DVP and
Raman A (Eds.), Biological Control of Tropical Weeds Using Arthropods (2009) 274-318.
Fan W, Fan L, Peng C, Zhang Q, Wang L, Li L, Wang J, Zhang D, Peng W, Wu C (2019). Traditional
Uses, Botany, Phytochemistry, Pharmacology, Pharmacokinetics and Toxicology of Xanthium
strumarium L.: A Review. Molecules , 24: 359. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules24020359.
Fariba HM. An Observation of an Unusual Therapeutic Use of Amaranthus spinosus L. (Amaranthaceae) by the
Garo Tribe of Bangladesh. Ethnopharmacological (2017) 1(1):19-21.
Fessehaie, A., Walcott, R. R. Biological Control to Protect Watermelon Blossoms and Seed from Infection by
Acidovorax avenae subsp. citrulli. Biological Control (2005) 95(4): 413-419,
https://doi.org/10.1094/PHYTO-95-0413.
Gao, F.L., He, Q.S., Zhang, Y.D., Hou, J.H., Yu, F.H. Effects of Soil Nutrient Heterogeneity on the Growth and
Invasion Success of Alien Plants: A Multi-Species Study. Front. Ecol. Evol. (2021) 8:619861. doi:
3389/fevo.2020.619861.
Garima Singh1, Ajit Kumar Passsari1, Pratibha Singh, Vincent Vineeth Leo, Sarathbabu Subbarayan, watershed
of Rajouri Forest Range. International Journal of Scientific Research (2013) 2.
Gebrehiwot, N., Lemma, B. Impacts of Parthenium hystrophorus on species diversity in Gamo Gofa, Ethiopia.
Journal of Agricultural Science (2015) 5(7): 226-231.
Gioria, M. Psyek, P. The legacy of plant invasions: changes in the soil seed bank of invaded plant communities.
Bioscience, (2016) 66(1):40-53
Gnanavel, I. Parthenium hysterophorus L.: a major threat to natural and agro eco-systems in India. Science
International (2013) 1(5): 124-131.
Gunarathne R, Anni NH, Jinyao L, Zhang B, Ying T, Lu J (2022). Potential Nutraceutical Use of Tribulus
terrestris L.inHuman Health. Food Reviews International, /doi/full/10.1080/87559129.2022.2067172.
Joshi KR (2014). Chemical composition and antimicrobial activity of the essential oil of Ocimum basilicum L.
(sweet basil) from Western Ghats of North West Karnataka, India. Anc Sci Life. 2014 Jan-Mar; 33(3):
–156. doi: 10.4103/0257-7941.144618.
Kabir M., Iqbal ZM, Farooqi RZ, Shafiq M. Vegetation pattern and soil characteristics of the Polluted
Industrial area of Karachi. Pak. J. Bot. (2010) 42(1): 661-678.
Karim SMR, Nurzafirah Z, Norhafizah Md Zain. Weed seed bank of parthenium weed (Parthenium
hysterophorus L.) in Batang Kali, Selangor, Malaysia. Pertanika Journal of Tropical Agricultural
Science (2017) 40(4):565-576.
Kaur, M, Aggarwal, K.N., Kumar, V., Dhiman, R. Effects and Management of Parthenium hysterophorus: A
Weed of Global Significance. International Scholarly Research Notices (2014) 368647: 1-12,
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/368647.
Khatri-Chettri J, MB Rokaya and BB Shrestha. Impact of parthenium weed invasion on plants and their soil
seedbank in a subtropical grassland, central Nepal. Journal of Ecology and Environment (2022)
:2. https://doi.org/10.5141/jee.21.00083.
Khan, H., Khan, B.M., Hassan, G. and Muhammad, A.K. Socio-economic impacts of Parthenium (Parthenium
hysterophorus L.) in Peshawar valley. Pakistan (2013).19: 275-293.
Kumar B, Singh PB, lalhlenmawia H, Kumar SN (2017). Pharmacological potential of Bidens pilosa L. and
determination of bioactive compounds using UHPLC-QqQLIT-MS/MS and GC/MS. BMC
Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 17:492.
Kumar S, Malhotra R, Kumar D (2010). Euphorbia hirta: Its chemistry, traditional and medicinal uses, and
pharmacological activities. Pharmacognosy Reviews 4(7): 58-61, DOI: 10.4103/0973-7847.65327.
Lachmuth, S. Eco-evolutionary processes in natural populations at the opposing extremes of demographic
success: Invasive and declining plant species in the era of anthropogenic global change. Plant Biology
(2019). https://doi.org/10.25673/14092.
Lorraine, S. and Lin, B. ( 2015). Agricultural Research Council-Plant Protection Research Institute (ARC-PPRI)
fact sheets on invasive alien plants and their control in South Africa.
Mao, R., Osunkoya, O.O., Campbell, S., Adkins, W.S. Wind dispersal of seeds of Parthenium hysterophorus L.
(Asteraceae) contributes to its steady invasion and spread. Austral Ecology
(2022).https://doi.org/10.1111/aec.13159.
Masum, S., Hasanuzzaman, M. Ali M. Threats of Parthenium hysterophorus on agro-ecosystems and its
management: a review (2013) 6(11), 684-697.
Masum, S.M.; Halim, A.; Mandal, M.S.H., Asaduzzaman, M.; Adkins, S. Predicting Current and Future
Potential Distributions of Parthenium hysterophorus in Bangladesh Using Maximum Entropy
Ecological Niche Modelling. Agronomy (2022) 12, 1592.
Mcconnachie, A.J, Strathie, L.W., Mersie, W., Gebrehiwot, L., Zewdie, K., Abdurehim, A., Abreha, T. Current
and potential geographical distribution of the invasive plant Parthenium hysterophorus in east and
southern Africa (2010) 51, 71-84.
Murono, A.D., Abuto, O.J. Parthenium hysterophorus Linn: Soil Seed Bank Analysis and Impact on
Agricultural Production in Nyando SubCounty, Kisumu County, Kenya. European Academic Research
(2019) 7(5): 2888-2910.
Murono, A.D., Wabuyele, E., Muoria, K.P., Abuto, O.J. Distribution of Parthenium hysterophorus L. and its
Impacts on Biodiversity in Nyando Sub-County, Kisumu County, Kenya. European Academic
Research (2018) 5(4): 1600-1621.
Ojija, F and Ngimba C. Suppressive abilities of legume fodder plants against the invasive weed Parthenium
hysterophorus (Asteraceae). Environmental and Sustainability Indicators (2021) 10:
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indic.2021.100111.
Ojija, F. Eco-friendly management of Parthenium hysterophorus. Science Progress (2022) 105 (3): 1-15. DOI:
1177/00368504221118234.
Ojija, F., Lutambi, L.P. An Invasive Plant Parthenium hysterophorus Reduces Native Forage Cover. East
African Journal of Environment and Natural Resources (2022) 5 (1): 318
https://doi.org/10.37284/eajenr.5.1.862.
Ojong, P.M.K., Alvarez, M., Ihli, J.H., Becker, M., He, T. Action on Invasive Species: Control Strategies of
Parthenium hysterophorus L. on Smallholder Farms in in Kenya. Environmental Management (2021)
:861–870.
Osunkoya, O., Akinsanmi, O., Dhileepan, D. Parthenium hysterophorus L. (Asteraceae) invasion had limited
impact on major soil nutrients and enzyme activity: Is the null effect real or reflects data insensitivity?
Plant and Soil (2017) 420(1-2):177-194, DOI: 10.1007/s11104-017-3375-x.
Oyebode AO., Erukainure LO, Sanni O, Islam SM (2020). Crassocephalum rubens (Juss. Ex Jacq.) S. Moore
improves pancreatic histology, insulin secretion, liver and kidney functions and ameliorates oxidative
stress in fructose-streptozotocin induced type 2 diabetic rats. Drug and Chemical Toxicology, 45
(2), doi/pdf/10.1080/01480545.2020.1716783.
Patel S (2011). Harmful and beneficial aspects of Parthenium hysterophorus: an update. Biotech, 1(1):1-9, doi:
1007/s13205-011-0007-7.
Pirzada, M.A, Ali, H.H., Naeem M, Latiif , Bukhari HA, Tanveer A Cyperus rotundus L.: Traditional uses,
phytochemistry, and pharmacological activities. J Ethnopharmacol (2015) 4 (174):540-60. doi:
1016/j.jep.2015.08.012.
Rajiv K, Mona R. K , Ajay K. S. Preliminary Pharmacognosnostic and Physicochemical Evaluation of Aerial
Parts of Ipomoea eriocarpa R.Br. Research J. Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry (2011) 3(6): 275-
Rokaya MB, J Khatri-Chettri, Ghimire SR, Shrestha BB. Vegetation and soil seedbank dynamics in Parthenium
hysterophorus L. invaded subtropical grassland in Nepal. Tropical Ecology (2020) 61:238–247.
Rubaba, O., Chimbari, M., Mukaratirwa, S. Scope of research on Parthenium hysterophorus in Africa, South
African Journal of Plant and Soil (2017) 34:5, 323-332.
Saini A, Aggarwal KN, Sharma A, Kaur M, Yadav A. Utility potential of Parthenium hysterophorus for its
atrategic management. Advances in Agriculture (2014) 381859, 1-
,http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/381859.
Seta, T., Assefa, A., Mesfin, F., Balcha, A. Distribution status and the impact of Parthenium weed (Parthenium
hysterophorus L.) at Gedeo Zone (Southern Ethiopia). African Journal of Agricultural Research (2013)
(4):386-397.
Shabani, F., Ahmadi, M., Kumar, L., Solhjouy-fard, S., Shafapour Tehrany, M., Shabani, F.,Kalantar, B.,
Esmaeili, A. Invasive weed species threats to global biodiversity future scenarios of changes in the
number of invasive species in a changing climate, (2020). 116(106436).
Shiferaw, W., Demissew, S., Bekele, T. Invasive alien plant species in Ethiopia: ecological impacts on
biodiversity a review paper, Int J Mol Biol. (2018) 3(4):171‒178, Doi:
15406/ijmboa.2018.03.00072.
Studzi ´nska-Sroka E, Dudek-Makuch M, Chanaj-Kaczmarek J, Czepulis N, Korybalska K, Rutkowski R ,
Łuczak J, Grabowska K, Bylka W, Witowski J. 2Anti-inflammatory Activity and Phytochemical
Profile of Galinsoga Parviflora Cav. Molecules, 23, 2133; doi: 10.3390/molecules23092133.
Tamado, T., Schütz, W., Milberg, P. Germination ecology of the weed Parthenium hysterophorus, Eastern
Ethiopia. Annals Applied Biology (2002) 140:263- 270.
Teklu HG, Desta A, Gebrelibanos M, Hiben GM, Araya ME (2020). Anti-Nociceptive and Anti-Inflammatory
Activity of Hygrophila schulli Leaves. Journal of Inflammation Research, 13: 497–505.
Timsina, B., Shrestha, B.B., Rokaya, M.B., Munzbergova, Z. Impact of Parthenium hysterophorus L. invasion
on plant species composition and soil properties of grassland communities. Flora (2011) 206(3):233-
Wubneh, Y.W. Parthenium hystrophorus in Ethiopia: Distribution, Impact, and Management - A Review.
World Scientific News (2019) 130: 127-136.
Yamane, T. (1967).Statistics; An Introductory Analysis, 2nd Ed, New York: Harper and Row.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.37591/rrjoast.v12i2.3801
Refbacks
- There are currently no refbacks.
Copyright (c) 2024 Research & Reviews: Journal of Agricultural Science and Technology