Vol. 12, Issue 12 (2023)

Author(s):
Laljikumar B Kalasariya, VM Patel, BM Baldaniya and MK Rathwa

Abstract:
The present research work in entitled “Response of gram (Cicer arietinum L.) to different herbicides under south Gujarat condition” was carried out during rabi season of 2016-2017 at the College Farm, Navsari Agricultural University, Navsari. The soil was found slightly alkaline (pH 7.8) in nature with normal electric conductivity (0.36 dS/m). The experiment comprising of ten weed management treatments were conducted in a randomized block design with three replications. To find out suitable herbicides for the management of weeds in chickpea. Results indicated that weed control treatments significantly reduced dry weight of weeds in chickpea. The weed free up to harvest treatment and the pre- emergence herbicidal treatments involving pendimethalin 0.75 kg/ha supplemented with post- emergence application of Fenoxaprop-p-ethyl 37.2 g/ha at 20 DAS were also found lowest weed population and highest mean seed (1775 kg/ha) and stover (2917 kg/ha) yields. Significantly higher values of growth characters and yield attributes viz., plant height, number of branches per plant, number of pods per plant, number of root nodules per plant and seed weight per plant were recorded in these treatments. Weed Management practices on quality parameters, nutrient uptake by crop. The result indicated that significantly maximum protein content (20.52%) and protein yield (364 kg/ha) as well as uptake of nutrient by seed N (59.70 kg/ha), P₂O₅ (13.10 kg/ha) and K₂O (16.20 kg/ha) were recorded by treatment weed free up to harvest (H.W. 20, 40 and 60 DAS) as compared to unweeded (control), respectively.