Sami Publishing Company (SPC) Journal of Research in Weed Science 2651-4699 Articles in Press 2024 01 23 A Review on Parthenium hysterophorus L. and Its Application in Agriculture 74 89 188339 10.48309/jrws.2023.409381.1198 EN Sarita Oli Department of Agronomy, Agriculture and Forestry University, Rampur, Chitwan, Nepal 0009-0002-4350-6944 Rajeev Joshi College of Natural Resource Management, Faculty of Forestry, Agriculture and Forestry University, Katari-56310, Udayapur, Nepal. 0000-0003-1106-9911 Bhuwan Bohara Department of Agronomy, Doon (PG) College of Agriculture Science and Technology, Dehradun, India. 0009-0003-9510-0441 Journal Article 2023 07 30 <em>Parthenium hysterophorus</em>, one of the world’s most invasive weeds, is accountable for enormous losses to the biodiversity, agriculture, and even the health of human beings and animals. It is regarded as immensely prolific weed and most awful in crop production which devastated all the useful crops. However, various studies revealed that <em>Parthenium</em> can be used in agriculture in different form. In agriculture, it can be used as biopesticides, green manure, compost, soil amendment values, and vermi composting. Being a competitive weed, it consumes more and more nutrients from the soil and hence, the plant is rich in nutrients. During premature stage, i.e. before flowering, the plant is uprooted from field and burying it in the soil produces higher quality organic manure. Green manure and compost used improves the physical, chemical and biological properties of soil, increased the yield of agricultural crops. Numerous studies show that it has also insecticidal and pesticidal properties to control several insect pests in agricultural crops. This review briefly discusses the application of <em>Parthenium</em> in agriculture concluded by various researchers.  https://www.jrweedsci.com/article_188339_6d055f77b749e509f9bc65b445b922c0.pdf