Vol. 11, Issue 11 (2022)

A field study was conducted at Instructional Cum Research Farm of IGKV, Raipur (Chhattisgarh) during winter season of 2020-21 and 2021-22 to study the “Effect of different PoE broad spectrum herbicides on yield attributes, seed and stover yield of chickpea crop (Cicer arietinum L.) in Chhattisgarh plains”. The soil was clayey (Vertisols) in texture, locally known as “Kanhar” which was low, medium and high in available N, P₂O₅ and K₂O, respectively. The experiment was laid out in Randomized block Design with four replications with Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) variety Indira chana-1. Treatment comprised two different doses of topramezone at 14 DAS & 21 DAS along with Quizalofop-p-ethyl and another treatment with recommended practice (with pre + post emergence/manual control herbicide). The significantly highest pods per plant, seeds per pod, 100 seeds weight, seed yield and harvest index were recorded under treatment weed free check and lowest was recorded under unweeded control but among the herbicidal treatment topramezone 20.6 g a.i./ha at 14 DAS found superior over all the other treatment during both the years and on mean basis. Highest stover yield was obtained under weed free check while lowest under Quizalofop-p-ethyl 100 g a.i./ha at 25 DAS.