Vol. 7 (4) : July-August 2016 issue
Green Farming Vol. 7 (4) : 845-849 ; July-August, 2016
Effect of seeding rates & weed management on weed dynamics, crop productivity & production economics of urdbean
AJAY YADAV1, ASHISH DWIVEDI2*, RAGHUVIR SINGH3, S.S. TOMAR4, VINEET KUMAR5 and SUNIL KUMAR6
Deptt. of Agronomy, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel University of Agriculture and Technology, Meerut – 250 110 (U.P.)
Designation : 1P.G. Student, 2Ph.D. Fellow *(ashishdwivedi842@gmail.com) 3Prof. & Direc. of Extn., 4Asstt. Professor, 5,6Res. Scholar
Subject : Agronomy and Crop Production
Paper No. : P-4034
Total Pages : 5
Received : 31 July 2015
Revised accepted : 09 May 2016
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Citation :
AJAY YADAV, ASHISH DWIVEDI, RAGHUVIR SINGH, S.S. TOMAR, VINEET KUMAR and SUNIL KUMAR. 2016. Effect of seeding rates & weed management on weed dynamics, crop productivity & production economics of urdbean. Green Farming Vol. 7 (4) : 845-849 ; July-August, 2016
ABSTRACT
A field experiment was conducted in urdbean during kharif season of 2013 on sandy loam soil. Study revealed that 15 kg seed rate ha-1 provides highest performance viz., dry weight, number of branches, number of nodules at 30 and 45 DAS and grain weight panicle-1, while more population and tallest plant was measured under 25 kg seed rate ha-1 at 30 DAS, besides suppressed the density and their dry weight of weed than the other treatment. Moreover, 15 kg seed rate ha-1 produced significantly maximum grain yield (13.29 q ha-1). Furthermore, highest removal of N, P and K and production economics were also observed in 15 kg seed rate ha-1 over 20 and 25 kg seed rate ha-1. Likewise, in weed management practices, both chemical and mechanical method of weed control was found superior over weedy check to achieve more above values. Among the herbicidal treatment Pendimethalin @ 1.0 kg a.i ha-1 PE + one hand weeding found superior in respect to all above parameters of crop growth and weeds than their counterparts.
Key words :
Crop performance, Production economics, Seeding rates, Weed management practices, Urdbean.