Methods

Advantages

Disadvantages

Mechanical Methods

Cheap, simple, easy to practice

Time consuming, high risk of being affected if the weed reaches flowering stage, Energy consuming methods. Also once involve burning it may kills some useful pants.

Chemical Method

Effective method in the absence of natural enemies, Prevent any emerging of weeds in the area where it sprayed, Cause complete kill of the weed.

-It is environmental hazards

-Development of some resistance against herbicides

- Damage flora and fauna

-Ground water contamination

-Reduce soil quality

-Very costly in term of money

Suppressive plants

-Reduce seed germination

-Suppress early seedling growth

-Time consuming

-Difficult to measure its degree of suppression

Biological Method

-Less cost

-It is environmental friendly

-Lower production cost

-High capacity of inhibiting the growth of the weed

-May cause damage to untargeted population

-Need expertise

-Time consuming.