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J.S. Brar, K.S. Gill, Tarundeep Kaur and Kirandeep Kaur. 2020. Appraisal of different floor management practices for weed management in ber (Zizyphus mauritiana Lamk.) orchards . Indian Journal of Weed Science : 52( 1) 58- 63.







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Volume Issue Publication year Page No Type of article
52 1 2020 58-63 Research article
Appraisal of different floor management practices for weed management in ber (Zizyphus mauritiana Lamk.) orchards

J.S. Brar, K.S. Gill, Tarundeep Kaur and Kirandeep Kaur

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5958/0974-8164.2020.00010.6

Email: karanbirgill@pau.edu
Address: Department of Agronomy, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, Punjab 141 001, India

Keywords:

Ber

Mulching

Orchard floor

Weed biomass



Abstract:

Glyphosate was the commonly used herbicide in ber orchards in Punjab, India. This herbicide has been banned by State Government recently in the state. Therefore, there is a dire need to develop non- chemical approaches to check weeds in ber (Zizyphus mauritiana Lamk.) orchard. An experiment was conducted to study the influence of different orchard floor management practices on weed biomass, fruit yield and quality of ber at Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana (India). Different floor management practices, viz. mulching (rice straw, white polythene, black polythene), mechanical, glyphosate and weedy check were evaluated. Weed biomass recorded at monthly intervals from November to March under all floor management practices exhibited a significant reduction in weed growth as compared to the weedy check. White polythene mulch recorded higher weed growth with reduced weed biomass as compared to black polythene mulch due to the penetration of solar radiation leading to weed emergence and disintegration of white polythene sheet. The weed biomass in inter-cultivation and herbicide treatments was increased up to January, however, with second cultivation and herbicide spray, the growth of weeds under these treatments was checked up to February and again showed an increasing trend. Although, glyphosate suppressed the weeds and mechanical weeding reduced the weed density but the resurgence of weeds resulted in comparatively higher weed biomass, while, rice straw mulch exhibited promising results, with 87.1 and 91.2% reduction in total weed biomass during 1st and 2nd year, respectively. Application of rice straw mulch at 12.5 t/ha may help in weed management in ber orchards.





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