Abstract
A field experiment was conducted at Wetlands farm, Department of Agronomy, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore during summer season (March-June) of 2023, to study the effect of different weed management practices on weed flora, weed growth and yield of summer irrigated blackgram (VBN11). The field experiment was laid out in Randomized Block Design with nine treatments and three replications. Treatments comprised of power operated weeder at 15 DAS and 30 DAS with 40 × 7.5 cm and 45 × 7.5 cm plant spacing; pre-emergence application of pendimethalin 30% EC @ 1 kg ha-1 fb (followed by) power operated weeder at 20 DAS with 40 × 7.5 cm and 45 × 7.5 cm plant spacing; pre-emergence application of pendimethalin 30% EC @1 kg ha-1 fb early post emergence application of Imazethapyr @ 100 g ha-1 + Quizalofop-ethyl @ 50 g ha-1 (Tank mix) at 20 DAS with 40 × 7.5 cm plant spacing and 45 × 7.5 cm plant spacing; hand weeding at 20 DAS and 40 DAS with 30 × 10 cm plant spacing. The results revealed that among the various weed management practices, the weeds were effectively controlled by the pre-emergence application of pendimethalin 30 % EC @ 1 kg ha-1fb power weeder at 20 DAS with 40 × 7.5 cm plant spacing with significantly lower weed density, higher Weed Control Efficiency and higher grain yield (881 kg ha-1).
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