Chemical weed management, Interculturing, Isabgol, IWM
A field experiment was carried out during rabi 2012-13 to study the effect of integrated weed management in isabgol (Plantago ovata Forsk). Twelve treatments of weed control i.e., oxyfluorfen 50 g/ha post-emergence at 20 DAS, oxyfluorfen 50 g/haat 15 DAS + interculturing followed by hand weeding at 30 DAS,oxyfluorfen 75 g/ha postemergence at 20 DAS, oxyfluorfen 75 g/ha postemergence at 15 DAS + interculturing followed by hand weeding at 30 DAS, isoproturon 500 g/ha as pre-emergence, oxadiargyl 80 g/ha at 20 DAS, oxadiargyl 80 g/ha at 15 DAS + interculturing followed by hand weeding at 30 DAS, oxadiargyl 100 g/ha at 20 DAS, oxadiargyl 100 g/ha at 15 DAS + interculturing followed by hand weeding at 30 DAS, interculturing followed by hand weeding at 20 and 40 DAS, unweeded and weed free were evaluated in randomized block design with three replications. Results revealed that, crop in weed free condition recorded significantly higher growth parameters, yield attributes, swelling factor (14.0 ml/g), seed (1.22 t/ha) and straw (2.93 t/ha) yields, which were statistically at par to the physical method i.e. interculturing followed by two hand weedings at 20 and 40 DAS and integrated weed management practices i.e. oxadiargyl 100 g/ha at 15 DAS + interculturing followed by hand weeding at 30 DAS.