Vol. 11, Issue 11 (2022)

Author(s):
Ananthapadmanabhan AK, Tushar N Thorat, Prashant S Bodake, MG Palshetkar, PB Bansode and Shrikant Lohale

Abstract:
The field experiment was conducted during rabi 2021-22 at Agronomy farm, College of Agriculture, Dapoli, Dist. Ratnagiri (M.S.) to study the effect of integrated weed management practices on growth and yield of mustard (Brassica juncea L.). The experiment was laid out in in randomized block design with nine treatments and three replications. The treatments comprised of T₁: Pendimethalin 30% EC (PE) @ 1.0 kg a.i ha^-1 (3 DAS), T₂: Quizalofop-p-ethyl 5% EC (PoE) @ 0.06 kg a.i ha‑ (25-30 DAS), T₃: Pendimethalin 30% EC (PE) @ 1.0 kg a.i ha^-1 (3 DAS) fb Quizalofop-p-ethyl 5% EC (PoE) @ 0.06 kg a.i ha^-1 (25-30 DAS), T₄: Pendimethalin (PE) @ 1.0 kg a.i ha^-1 + Hand hoeing (20 DAS) + Hand weeding (30-35 DAS), T₅: Quizalofop-p-ethyl 5% EC (PoE) @ 0.06 kg a.i ha^-1 (25- 30 DAS) + Hand weeding (40-45 DAS), T₆: Pendimethalin 30% EC (PE) @ 1.0 kg a.i ha^-1 + Straw mulch @ 5 t ha^-1, T₇: Quizalofop-p-ethyl 5% EC (PoE) @ 0.06 kg a.i ha^-1 (25-30 DAS) + Straw mulch @ 5 t ha^-1, T₈: Hand hoeing (20-25 DAS) + Hand weeding (40-45 DAS) and T₉: Weedy check. The results revealed that significantly higher growth, yield attributes and yield of rabi mustard were recorded by Pendimethalin 30% EC (PE) @ 1.0 kg a.i. ha^-1 + Hand hoeing (20 DAS) + Hand weeding (30-35 DAS) (T₄) over rest of the treatments.