2018 Vol.8 No.3:18 European Journal of Experimental Biology ISSN 2248-9215 1 © Under License of Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License | This artcle is available in: htp://www.imedpub.com/european-journal-of-experimental-biology/ iMedPub Journals www.imedpub.com Research Article DOI: 10.21767/2248-9215.100059 Shah Zareen 1,2 *, Ijaz Ahmad 2 , Akhtar Ali 1 , Haris Ali Khan 1 , Irfanullah Khan 1 , Muhammad Fawad 2 and Said Rahman 2 1 Department of Biomedical Sciences and Engineering, Konkuk University, Seoul, South Korea 2 Department of Weed Science, The University of Agriculture Peshawar, Pakistan *Corresponding author: Shah Zareen  shahzareen75@gmail.com Department of Biomedical Sciences and Engineering, Konkuk University, Seoul, South Korea. Tel: +8201032654275 Citation: Zareen S, Ahmad I, Ali A, Khan HA, Khan I, et al. (2018) Distributons of Invasive Weed Parthenium (Parthenium hysterophorus L.) in the University Campus Peshawar, Pakistan. Eur Exp Biol. Vol.8 No.3:18 Abbreviatons: D.F.A: Dairy Farms Area; A.F.A: Agronomy Farm Area; P.B.G.F: Plant Breeding Genetc Farm; H.F.A: Hortculture Farm Area; N.A.B: New Academic Block; F.I.C: Forest Insttute Colony; F.I.J: Forest Insttute Jangle Area; D.G: Dhobi Guard; I.C.S: Islamia Collegiate School; I.C.U: Islamia College University Introducton Parthenium hysterophorus L. weed is an annual plant belongs to family Asteraceae. The plant can achieved height up to 2 meters when germinated in healthy soil and also have the ability to produce fowers afer 4-6 weeks of germinaton [1]. A healthy and mature plant can produce up to 15000 seed plant-1 which Distributons of Invasive Weed Parthenium (Parthenium hysterophorus L.) in the University Campus Peshawar, Pakistan Abstract A survey was performed to measure the distributon of invasive parthenium (P. hysterophorus) weed in the university campus, Peshawar, the capital city of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in 2016. The University Campus included: The University of Peshawar, Islamia College University, The University of Agriculture Peshawar, Pakistan Forest Insttute and the New Developmental Research Farm, The University of Agriculture Peshawar were the main studied areas. In the selected areas P. hysterophorus distributon was measured in the academic, residental and research farm areas. Moreover, the survey also investgated the impact of parthenium weed upon natve weeds fora inside the University campus. A 1m 2 quadrat was used to collect the data. During the survey, a total of 32 weeds species were recorded belonging to 18 diferent families and 32 genera, the life cycle of 23 weeds were annual while 9 weeds have perennial life cycle. The data were recorded on absolute density (%), relatve density (%), absolute frequency (%), relatve frequency (%) and importance values (%) of parthenium weed and others fora. The data showed that parthenium weed was most dominant species having 76.8 m -2 plants density in the NDF and (32.0 m -2 ) plants in Islamia University. However, the highest frequency (100%) of P. hysterophorus was observed for The University of Agriculture, while minimum (80%) occurred in Agronomy feld. Moreover the relatve frequency of P. hysterophorus was maximum (25%) seemed for Islamia College; whereas, its minimum (12.9%) at Agronomy feld. Lastly, the Importance Value of Parthenium indicates the highest (45.98%) at Dairy farm followed by (40.33 %) at Hortculture feld’s area. In conclusion, the Parthenium weed become more problematc and replaces all the natve fora in the non-crop area specially Dicanthium annulatum a natve grass specie on the on the ridges of the feld being replaced by parthenium. Due to no proper management and high growth rate, nowadays it becomes as super weed in the KPK and especially in the Pakistan. So, the management of Parthenium weed requires the call atenton from the Govt. policy maker and proper quarantne inspecton to conserve the natve fora and feld crops to get maximum crop yield. Keywords: Parthenium hysterophorus; Weed frequency; University campus; Natve fora Received: May 05, 2018; Accepted: May 22, 2018; Published: May 30, 2018