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Anil Kumar, B.C. Sharma and Jai Kumar . 2012. Integrated weed management in gladiolus . Indian Journal of Weed Science : 44( 3) 181- 182.

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Volume	Issue	Publication year	Page No	Type of article
44	3	2012	181-182	Full length articles

Integrated weed management in gladiolus

Anil Kumar, B.C. Sharma and Jai Kumar

DOI: IJWS-2012-44-3-10

Email: anillau@gmail.com

Address: Division of Agronomy, SKUAST-J, Chatha, Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir 180 009

Keywords:

Gladiolus, Hand weeding, Herbicides, Integrated weed management

Abstract:

A field experiment was carried out during Rabi season from 2007-2010 at Chatha, Jammu to find out relative efficiency of weed management practices in gladiolus (Tagets erecta L.). Result revealed significant enhancement in spike yield with 2 hand weedings at 20 and 40 days after transplanting (6.05 t/ha) and pendimethalin 2 kg/ha + 1 hand weeding (5.79 t/ha), both of which were superior to weedy check (3.25 t/ha). The highest weed control efficiency (78.2%) was also achieved with 2 hand weedings, followed by pendimethalin + hand weding 76.9%). Application of pendimethalin along with hand weeding proved to be economical.