Integrated Weed Management in Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.)

The field experiment was conducted at Agricultural Research Station, Gulbarga, University of Agricultural Sciences, Raichur. To study the impact of weed control practices on growth and yield of chickpea Significantly higher seed yield (20.87 q ha¹) was recorded in weed free check compared to all other treatments and it was on par withpendimethalin @ 1 kg a.i. ha⁻¹ (Pre) followed by 1 Hand Weeding at 25–30 DAS (18.78 q ha⁻¹). Among herbicidal treatments pendimethalin @ 1 kg a.i. ha⁻¹ (Pre) followed by 1 Hand Weeding at 25–30 DAS recorded higher weed control efficiency (79.26 per cent) followed by Quizalofop-p-ethyl@ 50g a.i.ha⁻¹ (Post) at 20–25 DAS (71.57 per cent) This may be due to total elimination of weeds at critical stages of crop growth and could be attributed to lower weed count as well as dry weight of weeds and lower weed index was recorded in Pendimethalin @1 kg a.i. ha⁻¹ (Pre) followed by 1 Hand Weeding at 25–30 DAS (10.00 per cent).