Author(s): R. KUNDU, P. S. BERA AND K. BRAHMACHARI

Abstract: A field experiment was undertaken during summer season of 2006 and 2007 under medium land situation of inceptisol at Instructional Farm, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Jaguli, Nadia, West Bengal to find out the effect of different weed management practices in mungbean. The maximum reduction of weed population, weed dry weight and the highest weed control efficiency vis-a-vis crop yield, and maximum benefit: cost ratio were obtained in the treatment receiving quizalofop-p-ethyl 50 g a.i. ha-1 at 21 day after emergence (DAE) + hand weeding (HW) at 28 DAE. This was closely followed by the treatment with quizalofop-p-ethyl 50 g a.i. ha-1 at 14 DAE + HW at 21 DAE. Weedy check treatment produced lowest yield of mungbean.

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