Integrated weed management, Productivity of soybean, Kharif
A field experiment was conducted at Agricultural Research Station, Ummedganj, Kota during kharif 2005 to evaluate suitable integrated weed management practices for increasing productivity and profitability of soybean and comprised eight treatments laid out in randomized block design with three replications. Hand weeding twice gave significantly higher branches/plant, seeds/pod, seed yield, straw yield and highest weed control efficiency (88.2%) at 60 DAS and least weed density and its dry weight at 30 and 60 DAS compared to rest of the treatments. Next best treatments were in situ mulching with weeds at 30 DAS and quizalofop ethyl 50 g/ha + chlorimuron ethyl 9 g/ha significantly reduced weed density, its dry weight and recorded higher seed, straw yield and weed control efficiency as compared to rest of the herbicidal treatments.