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Department of Agronomy, S.V. Agricultural College, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh 517502, India
Cropping system, Greengram, Halosulfuron-methyl, Herbicides, Maize, Tembotrione, Topramezone, Weed management
An experiment was conducted during the two consecutive years of winter, 2017-18, 2018-19 and summer, 2018 and 2019 at wetland farm of S.V. Agricultural College, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, in a randomized block design with ten weed management treatments and three replications. The lowest weed density and biomass, highest weed control efficiency and maize growth parameters, yield attributes, kernel and straw yields were recorded with hand weeding (HW) twice at 15 and 30 days after seeding (DAS), which was statistically at par with atrazine 1.0 kg/ha as pre-emergence application (PE) followed by (fb) topramezone 30 g/ha or tembotrione 120 g/ha as post-emergence application (PoE) or one HW at 30 DAS. Higher greengram seed yield, haulm yield, and lower total weed density and biomass in succeeding greengram were noticed with HW twice at 15 and 30 DAS, which was comparable with atrazine 1.0 kg/ha as PE fb one HW at 30 DAS or topramezone 30 g/ha or tembotrione 120 g/ha or halosulfuron methyl 67.5 g/ha as PoE applied in maize. Based on this study it was concluded that atrazine 1.0 kg/ha as PE fb topramezone 30 g/ha or tembotrione 120 g/ha as PoE can be used for the most effective weed management to increase the productivity in winter maize followed by summer greengram cropping system.