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Vol. 11, Issue 12 (2022)

Effect of smother crops and green leaf manures on weed dynamics and yield of organic sweet corn

Author(s):
Kiran Emmiganur, PS Matiwade and SA Gaddanakeri
Abstract:
In the present-day context, organic sweet corn assuming greater importance due to its chemical free nature and has a big market potential. Weed menace is one of the major challenges under organic production system. Therefore, a field experiment was conducted at All India Network Programme on Organic Farming (NPOF) unit at University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad on Vertisols with medium soil fertility during kharif 2020 and 2021 to find out suitable intercropping followed by in situ mulching and green leaf manure (GLM) for weed management in sweet corn under organic production system. The experiment was laid out in Randomized Complete Block Design with three replications. The treatment comprises of four intercrops viz., cowpea, green gram, sun hemp and sesbania with 1:1 proportion and were mulched at 35 DAS and three GLM viz., Gliricidia sepium, Pongamia pinnata and Cassia sericea @ 5 t ha-1 were mulched at 18 DAS and Inter cultivation at 20 and 40 DAS followed by one hand weeding at 20 DAS, Weedy check, Weed free check. The results of the experiment indicated that intercropping with cowpea (1:1) and mulching at 35 DAS recorded significantly higher fresh cob yield (169 q ha-1) and fresh fodder yield (343 q ha-1) as compared to other treatments. At 30 DAS, significantly lower total number of weeds (2.65 m-2) and total weed dry matter (3.06 g m-2) were observed under intercropping with cowpea (1:1) and mulched at 35 DAS with higher weed control efficiency (91.72%). However, these results were on par with intercropping with green gram (1:1) and mulched at 35 DAS.
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How to cite this article:
Kiran Emmiganur, PS Matiwade, SA Gaddanakeri. Effect of smother crops and green leaf manures on weed dynamics and yield of organic sweet corn. Pharma Innovation 2022;11(12):3307-3310.

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