Int.J.Curr.Microbiol.App.Sci (2020) 9(4): 1245-1254 1245 Original Research Article https://doi.org/10.20546/ijcmas.2020.904.147 Inventorizations of Weed Species from Wheat Crop Fields of District Fatehgarh Sahib, Punjab (India) Yadvinder Singh 1 * and Rai Singh 2 1 Department of Botany and Environmental Science, Sri Guru Granth Sahib World University, Fatehgarh Sahib-140406, Punjab, India 2 Pesently at Department of Botany, Panjab University, Chandigarh -160014, Punjab, India *Corresponding author ABSTRACT Introduction Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) is an important staple food crop of the world. It offers high content of proteins and also contains carbohydrates in the form of starch (Singh et al., 2015). Sometimes, Wheat crop suffers a severe loss due to heavy weed infestation. Weeds are nuisance in crop fields as they compete with the main crop for light, space and nutrients (Singh and Singh 2019). Weeds also reduce crop yield quality and also interfere in harvesting. The species like Avena sativa, Chenopodium album, Fumaria indica and Phalaris minor etc are common weeds in wheat crop fields (Ahmed and Shaikh, 2003; Khobragad and Sathawane, 2014). Weeds are those plants with harmful or objectionable habits or characteristics which grow where they are not wanted, usually in places where it is desired that something else should grow (Zimdahl, 2007; Walia, 2009). Weed is a plant which shares the nutrients, space and light of main crop (Singh et al., 2015). Weeds are found inside the crop and International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences ISSN: 2319-7706 Volume 9 Number 4 (2020) Journal homepage: http://www.ijcmas.com The present work is based on survey and data collection during November 2017 to April 2018 in Fatehgarh Sahib District of Punjab, India. During the survey, 51 weed species (42 dicots and 9 monocots) were identified on the basis of their morphological features from wheat crop fields in different regions of study area. These identified weed species were belongs to 48 genera of 22 families. The members of Families Asteraceae and Poaceae were dominant in the crop field with 8 species each followed by Family Fabaceae with 5 species. This study will be helpful in the sustainable management of weeds from wheat crop fields. Keywords Fatehgarh Sahib, Inventorization, Punjab, Weed, Wheat Crop Accepted: 10 March 2020 Available Online: 10 April 2020 Article Info