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. |