Weed management in no-tilled dribbling maize for small land holder

Mukherjee, Pijush Kanti; Rai, Anwesh

Weed management in no-tilled dribbling maize for small land holder

2016

Mukherjee, Pijush Kanti | Rai, Anwesh

A field experiment was carried out during winter (Rabi) seasons of 2012–13 and 2013–14 at research farm of Uttar Banga Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Pundibari, Cooch Behar, West Bengal with the objectives to study the weed control practices in no-tilled dibbling maize within rice residues. The experiment consisted of eight treatments, comprising of varying doses of 2,4-D (post-emergence treatment), atrazine with sequential application as pre-emergence and post-emergence treatment, pendimethalin followed by atrazine, weedy check and complete weed-free treatments, laid out in randomised block design (RBD) with four replications. Highest weed control efficiency and lowest weed index values were registered by atrazine 1.0 kg/ha as pre-emergence + atrazine 1.1 kg/ha as post-emergence. The dominant weed flora were the broad-leaved weeds Polygonum persicaria, P. pensylvanicum, P. orientale, and the grasses Digitaria ciliaris, Setaria glauca. Among the weed control practices, season long weed free condition recorded the highest grain/kernel yield of maize (9.52 and 10.6 t/ha) during both the years, which was statistically at par with atrazine 1.0 kg/ha as pre-emergence + atrazine 1.1 kg/ha as post-emergence (9.3 and 10.4 t/ha) and atrazine 0.75 kg/ha as pre-emergence + atrazine 1.1 kg/ha as post-emergence (9.07 and 10.12 t/ha). The atrazine 1.0 kg/ha as pre-emergence + atrazine 1.1 kg/ha as post-emergence gave maximum net return of (‘ 93,650/ha and ’ 1,21,050/ha) and maximum net return per rupee invested (1.88 and 2.31).

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