Chemical weed management in chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) under vertisols of Eastern Plateaus Plain zone of India
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https://doi.org/10.59797/ija.v69i2.5358Keywords:
Key words: Chickpea, Herbicides, Post emergence, Pre-emergence, Weed floraAbstract
A field experiment for two-years was laid out during the winter season of 2020-21 and 2021-22 at Instructional-cum-Research farm of Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Raipur, Chhattisgarh to study the effect of various herbicides and their combinations on weed dynamics and performance of chickpea. A total of 14 treatments of herbicides and their combinations including hand weeding and un-weeded control were laid out in randomized block design with three replications. The result revealed that a significantly lower weed density and dry matter production, weed index and higher weed control efficiency were recorded under two hand weeding at 20 and 40 DAS which was found at par to oxyfluorfen 150 g/ha (PE) fb topramezone 20.6 g/ha (PoE) and metribuzin 350 g/ha (PE) fb topramezone 20.6 g/ha (PoE). The higher dry matter accumulation, crop growth rate, number of pods/plant, number of seeds/pod, seed index, seed yield (1.78 t/ha) and stover yield (2.70 t/ha) of chickpea were also obtained with oxyfluorefen 150 g/ha (PE) fb topramezone 20.6 g/ha (PoE). This treatment also resulted in the most effective herbicidal combination against complex weed flora and generated maximum net return (Rs. 63.1 x 103/ha) and benefit: cost ratio (3.02).
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