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Integrated Weed Management in Aerobic Rice

Volume : 105
Issue: Apr-jun
Pages: 161 - 164
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Abstract


Field experiment was conducted at the Wetlands Farm of Department of Farm Management, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University to find an effective integrated weed management strategy for the control of complex weed flora of aerobic rice. Pre emergence (PE) application of pendimethalin (1.0 kg ha-1) on 3 DAS + Early post emergence (EPOE) application of bispyribac sodium (25 g ha-1) on 20 DAS significantly lowered weed density and dry weight. This sequential application of pendimethalin and bispyribac sodium recorded 61.11 per cent increased yield over weedy check. The net return was higher in PE application of pendimethalin (1.0 kg ha-1) on 3 DAS + EPOE application of bispyribac sodium (25 g ha-1) on 20 DAS (`35,973 ha-1). Mean while growing intercrops as living mulch showed promising results for using it as a component of integrated weed management practice.

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161 - 164
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© The Author(s), 2026. Published by Madras Agricultural Students' Union in Madras Agricultural Journal (MAJ). This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited by the user.

Keywords


Aerobic rice Integrated weed management Mulching Sequential application of herbicides
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