Vol. 12, Issue 11 (2023)

Author(s):
Amar Nath, RM Savu, N Tiwari and Durgeshwari

Abstract:
The present research entitled “Effect of herbicidal weed management on growth, yield attributes and productivity of Lathyrus (Lathyrussativus L.) for Chhattisgarh"was carried out at the College of Agriculture, Raipur (CG), Research-cum-Instructional Farm, during the 2020–21 Rabi season. The soil used for the experiment was sandy loam, with a pH of neutral, low available nitrogen, medium accessible phosphorus, and high potassium content. Three replications and a randomized block design were used to set up the experiment. The results of the experiment demonstrated that treatment T₁₄ significantly outperformed in terms of plant population, plant height, number of branches per plant, dry weight accumulation per plant, number of nodules per plant, and dry weight of nodules per plant, as well as crop growth rate and yield attributes, including number of seeds per plant, number of seedspod^-1, seed yield (Kg ha^-1), stover yield (Kg ha^-1), 100 seed weight, and harvest index. Hand weeding twice, at 20 and 40 DAS, as opposed to alternative weed control techniques.