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Terrestrial weeds affect ecosystems like forest, agriculture, and urban areas seriously, which demand proper management of these invasive plants. Due to their fast adaption and morphological advancement, controlling it’s expand is challenging. Globally found are the species Parthenium hysterophorus, Lantena camara, Saccharam spontaneum, and Azeratum conyzoides. Though many attempts were made to control the terrestrial weeds either environmental and/or economical drawbacks occurred. This paper presents an alternative way for treatment of terrestrial weeds. Anaerobic digestion and composting are feasible and low-cost options. Anaerobic digestion is the process which breaks down organic compounds in presence of microorganism and in absence of oxygen and at the same time it obtains renewal energy. Methane and carbon dioxide are the products. Composting is also a biological process that breaks down organic compounds in presence of oxygen, fertilizer is the end product. Few studies were conducted on anaerobic digestion and composting of weed.
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Saha, B., Kauser, H., Khwairakpam, M., Kalamdhad, A.S. (2020). Effect and Management of Various Terrestrial Weeds—Review. In: Kalamdhad, A. (eds) Recent Developments in Waste Management . Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol 57. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-0990-2_17
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