Agricultural Science Digest - A Research Journal

To study the effect of land configuration and weed management on yield and yield attributes of green gram, a field experiment was conducted at Hisar during kharif 2016 in strip plot design with four replications. Ridge method of planting recorded significantly higher number of branches plant⁻¹, seeds pod⁻¹, 100 seed weight and seed yield in comparison to flat method of planting. Among the weed management practices, application of pendimethalin 30 EC @ 1.0 kg/ha-PE fb imazethapyr 10% SL @ 55 g/ha at 15–20 DAS recorded significantly higher number of branches plant⁻¹, seeds pod⁻¹, pods plant⁻¹ and 100 seed weight compared to weedy check. Similarly the same treatment recorded higher yield to the tune of 236, 48 and 18% over weedy check, pendimethalin 30 EC @ 1.0 kg/ha-PE and Imazethapyr 10% SL@ 55 g/ha at 15–20 DAS, respectively. Highest net returns (` 24632/ha), BC ratio (2.15) and weed control efficiency (94%) was also recorded when pendimethalin 30 EC @ 1.0 kg/ha-PE fb imazethapyr 10% SL @ 55 g/ha at 15–20 DAS of green gram crop was applied.