Vol. 10, Issue 8 (2021)

Author(s):
Sukanya Dutta and Triptesh Mondal

Abstract:
India is the largest jute producing country in the world. Jute growing area is also found highest in this country. But actually jute crop is growing in 0.55% area of the gross cropped area of India. About 50 lakh people are involved in raw jute farming, trading and industrial purposes. The fibre yield of jute has increased more than double from 1947 to till date and it has been possible through the development of high-yielding, fertilizer responsive varieties and improved production technologies only. The changing climate coupled with different soil conditions has often exposed the crop to many biotic and abiotic stresses which affects the fibre yield and quality. Weed infestation is one of the major biotic stresses of jute crop. Among the different weed controlling methods, physical and chemicals methods were very much popular. Hand weeding is the most common physical method for effective weed control. But around 40% of total cost of production incurred in hand weeding operation. Chemical weed management consumes lower cost than hand weeding and provides statistically at par yield. Again excess application of herbicide chemicals beyond the recommended rate causes harm to the jute plants present in the field and develop resistance in weeds. Integrated weed management has emerged as a profitable and environment friendly approach for managing the weeds. In this review, some effective physical, chemical and integrated weed management methods have been discussed.