EFFECT OF PRE-EMERGENCE HERBICIDE APPLICATION ON GERMINATION AND GROWTH OF DIRECT SEEDED FINGER MILLET (Eleusine coracana L.) UNDER DIFFERENT SOIL MOISTURE REGIMES

K.S. SHUBHASHREE¹*, G.R. DENESH², S.R. SAHANA^3
1AICRP on Small Millets, Zonal Agricultural Research Station, V.C. Farm, Mandya, University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK, Bengaluru, 560 065, India
²AICRP on Small Millets, Zonal Agricultural Research Station, V.C. Farm, Mandya, University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK, Bengaluru, 560 065, India
³AICRP on Small Millets, Zonal Agricultural Research Station, V.C. Farm, Mandya, University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK, Bengaluru, 560 065, India
* Corresponding Author : ks.shubhashree@gmail.com

Received : 03-06-2019     Accepted : 27-06-2019     Published : 30-06-2019
Volume : 11     Issue : 6       Pages : 613 - 614
Genetics 11.6 (2019):613-614

Keywords : Weeds, Pre-emergence, Finger millet, Toxicity, Germination
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : Authors are thankful to AICRP on Small Millets, Zonal Agricultural Research Station, V.C. Farm, Mandya, University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK, Bengaluru, 560 065, India
Author Contribution : All authors equally contributed

Weeds are of major concern in direct sown finger millet production and hence its management is a very complicated task. Keeping weeds under check to further boost the growth and to enhance the yield of finger millet is a very vital issue as the problem of germination failure and toxicity is being noticed for pre-emergence herbicides usage in finger millet under direct sown situation. The present investigation was formulated to evaluate the effect of pre-emergence herbicides on germination and growth of direct seeded finger millet under different soil moisture regimes. From the study it can be concluded that pre-emergence application of oxyflurofen 23.5 EC @ 60 g a.i. /ha and butachlor 50 EC @ 600 g a.i. /ha followed by adequate soil moisture by irrigation or rainfall during germination period significantly lowered germination of direct seeded finger millet along with initial phytotoxicity symptoms such as stunted growth.

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