Effect of herbicides with or without paddy weeder on weeds in transplanted summer rice (Oryza sativa)
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.59797/ija.v52i2.4902Keywords:
Grain yield, Herbicide, Net returns, Paddy weeder, Summer riceAbstract
A field investigation was carried out during the winter (rab~) season of 2003-04 and 2004-05 at Jorhat, with herbicides, viz. butachlor, oxadiargyl, pyrazosulfuron ethyl, pretilachlor, chlorimuron + metsulfuron methyl, fenoxaprop-p-ethyl applied alone or followed by paddy weeder to test their efficiency in controlling weeds in trans- planted summer rice. All the weed-control treatments increased the grain yield of rice significantly over unweeded check and decreased the population and dry weight of weeds significantly. Uncontrolled growth of weeds caused 49% reduction in crop yield. Treatment of pretilachlor 0.75 kglha (pre-emergence) + paddy weeder, resulted in the highest grain yield, maximum weed-control efficiency (88%) and monetary returns (Rs 8,300lha). Herbicides alone were inferior to their use with paddy weeder.References
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