**Department of Agronomy, G.B.P.U.A. & T., Pantnagar-263 145, (Nainital), U.P., India
* Research paper No. 4261 through the Experiment Station, G. B. Pant Univ. of Agric. & Tech Pantnagar, Nainital (India).
Butachlor, thiobencarb. pendimethalin and oxyfluorfen were evaluated for weed Control in wet rice nursery. Echinochloa colonum and Cyperus rotundus were the major weeds in the experimental field where E. colonum alone constituted more than 90% of the total weed population.