Vol. 16 No. 3
Growth and yield of direct seeded finger millet (Eleusine coracana L.) as influenced by weed management practices
Author(s): K. P. YATHISHA, S. B. YOGANANDA, P. THIMMEGOWDA, M. T. SANJAY AND S. S. PRAKASH
Abstract: Field experiment was conducted during Kharif - 2018 and 2019 at Zonal Agricultural Research Station, V. C. Farm, Mandya to study weed management practices in direct seeded finger millet (Eleusine coracana L.). The treatments were consisting of five pre-emergence herbicides atrazine 50% WP, oxadiargyl 80% WP, bensulfuron methyl + pretilachlor 6.6% G, pendimethalin 38.7% CS and isoproturon 75% WP, two post-emergence herbicides bispyribac sodium 10% SC and ethoxysulfuron 15% WG, hand weeding at 20 and 35 days after sowing and weedy check. Among different herbicides, pre-emergence application of bensulfuron methyl + pretilachlor 6.6% G @ 198 g a.i.ha-1+ hand weeding at 30 DAS was most effective in suppressing weeds and lower weed dry weight. As a consequence of effective weed control the same treatment recorded significantly higher yield attributes, yield and B:C ratio. Uncontrolled weed growth caused 71% reduction in grain yield of direct seeded finger millet.
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