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Department of Agronomy, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh 221 005, India
Effects of ten diversified rice based cropping sequences on weed dynamics were evaluated at Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh) in different season during 2016-17 and 2017-18. The results revealed that density of Cyperus spp., Cynodon dactylon and Digitaria sanguinalis was significantly lowest in rice-potato-greengram sequence but it remained at par with rice-berseem-cowpea fodder, rice-cabbage-cowpea fodder and rice-potato-cowpea fodder during second year in rainy season. Dry weight of Digitaria sanguinalis was significantly lowest under rice-potato-greengram sequence. During winter season, significantly lower density and dry weight of Medicago denticulata, Chenopodium album as well as total weeds were recorded in mustard (rice-mustard-cowpea fodder), though it was found similar with mustard (rice-mustard-sudan grass fodder), potato (rice-potato-greengram and rice-potato-cowpea fodder) and wheat (rice-wheat, rice-wheat-greengram and rice-wheat-cowpea fodder). While, density of Cynodon dactylon was markedly lower in wheat (rice-wheat) it was on a par with mustard (rice-mustard-sudan grass fodder), potato (rice-potato-green gram, rice-potato-cowpea fodder) and wheat (rice-wheat-greengram, rice-wheat-cowpea fodder). During summer season, cowpea grown in rice-cabbage-cowpea fodder recorded significantly lower density as well as dry weight of Cyperus rotundus, Cynodon dactylon as well as total weeds. Grain yield of rice was significantly higher in rice-berseem-cowpea fodder. During winter season, berseem in rice-berseem-cowpea fodder sequence out yielded all the other crops. However, in summer, sudan grass in rice-mustard-sudan grass fodder produced the highest green fodder yield.