Vol. 11, Issue 6 (2022)

Author(s):
Sanjeev Kumar, Subhra Sahoo and Sampan Kamboj

Abstract:
A field experiment was conducted to study the effect of weed management on weed growth and yield of lentil during rabi seasons of 2021-22 at Agricultural Research Farm, Lovely Professional University, Jalandhar, Punjab. randomized block design assigning nine treatments comprising of T₁ (Weedy Check), T₂ (Hand weeding (30 DAS)), T₃ (Hand weeding twice (30 and 60 DAS)), T₄ (Pendimethalin (30% EC) @ 1000 g a.i. ha^-1), T₅ (Quizalofop ethyl 15% EC @ 50 g a.i. ha^-1), T₆ (Imazethapyr 10% SL @ 100 g a.i. ha^-1), T₇ (Proxasulfone 85% (Zidua SC) @ 60 g a.i. ha^-1), T₈ (Clodinafop-propargyl 15% WP @ 40 g a.i. ha^-1) and T₉ (Eucalyptus mulch @ 5500 kg ha^-1) and were replicated thrice. The results reported that the higher crop growth characters viz. plant height, number of branches plant^-1, leaves plant^-1, nodules plant^-1, dry matter accumulation along with net returns and B:C ratio were recorded under herbicidal application of Imazethapyr 10% SL @ 100 g a.i. ha^-1 which was statistically at par with Clodinafop-propargyl 15% WP @ 40 g a.i. ha^-1 over rest of the treatments. However, plant stand were failed to show any significant effect due to above treatments.