“…Introduction Parthenium (Parthenium hysterophorus L.) is an annual invasive weed of the family Asteraceae. It is native to the subtropics of North and South America, but is now widely distributed in a number of tropical and subtropical countries of the world (Javaid, Shafique, Bajwa, & Shafique, 2006;Navie, McFadyen, Panetta, & Adkins, 1996;Tamado, Schu¨tz, & Milberg, 2002). It is considered a noxious weed because of its allelopathic effect against associated plant species (Singh, Batish, Pandher, & Kohli, 2005) by releasing allelochemicals such as parthenin, coronopilin, tetraneurin A, 2-hydroxycoronopilin and hysterones A-D (Belz, Reinhardt, Foxcroft, & Hurle, 2007;Ramesh et al, 2003;Sethi, Koul, Taneja, & Dhar, 1987).…”