Crop Research
  • Year: 2012
  • Volume: 44
  • Issue: 3

Effect of herbicides on weeds and yield of rainy season pearl millet [Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br. emend. and Stuntz]

  • Author:
  • S. D. Munde, V. D. Aghav, R. D. Pagar, J. C. Patel
  • Total Page Count: 4
  • Page Number: 288 to 291

Department of Agronomy, Sardarkrushinagar Dantiwada Agricultural University, Sardarkrushinagar-385 506, Gujarat, India

*(e-mail: smunde5009@gmail.com)

Online published on 19 March, 2018.

Abstract

A field experiment was conducted during rainy season of 2010 on sandy loam soil to study the influence of weeds on yield of rainy season pearl millet [Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br. emend. and Stuntz]. Hand weeding at 35 days after sowing was found most effective in reducing weed population, dry weight of weeds and maximum yield of pearl millet. Atrazine 0.50 kg/ha applied as pre-emergence was also equally effective. Increase in dose of atrazine treatment significantly reduced the yield of kharif pearl millet.

Keywords

Atrazine, Broad-leaved, Dry weight of weeds, Grain yield, Grassy, HW and IC, PE, Pearl millet, Sedges, 2, 4-D