EFFECT OF CROP GEOMETRY AND INTEGRATED WEED MANAGEMENT IN KHARIF GROUNDNUT (Arachis Hypogaea)

G.S. DAMOR¹*, P.P. CHAUDHARY², N.H. DESAI³, K.M. PATEL^4
1C.P.College of Agriculture, Sardarkrushinagar Dantiwada Agricultural University, Sardarkrushinagar, 385506, Gujarat, India
²Directorate of Research, Sardarkrushinagar Dantiwada Agricultural University, Sardarkrushinagar, 385506, Gujarat
³Directorate of Research, Sardarkrushinagar Dantiwada Agricultural University, Sardarkrushinagar, 385506, Gujarat
⁴Integrated Farming system (IFS), Sardarkrushinagar Dantiwada Agricultural University, Sardarkrushinagar, 385506, Gujarat
* Corresponding Author : damor.gaurang@gmail.com

Received : 17-06-2019     Accepted : 12-07-2019     Published : 15-07-2019
Volume : 11     Issue : 13       Pages : 8733 - 8737
Int J Agr Sci 11.13 (2019):8733-8737

Keywords : Integrated Weed Management, Crop Geometry, Day after Sowing
Academic Editor : Dr R. Sridevi
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : Authors are thankful to Sardarkrushinagar Dantiwada Agricultural University, Sardarkrushinagar, 385506, Gujarat, India
Author Contribution : All authors equally contributed

A field experiment was conducted at Agronomy Instructional Farm, Chimanbhai Patel College of Agriculture, S.D.Agricultural University, Sardarkrushinagar during kharif season of 2017 on loamy sand soil to study the effect of integrated weed management and crop geometry for getting maximum yield from kharif groundnut can be secured by growing crop with pair row sowing of 30-60-30 cm spacing. Interculturing followed by hand weeding at 25 and 40 DAS in kharif groundnut effectively controlled weeds and produced higher yield. Maximum yield and net profit from kharif groundnut can be secured by growing crop with pair row sowing of 30-60-30 cm spacing along with interculturing followed by hand weeding at 25 and 40 DAS. Under scarcity of labour, groundnut crop can be kept weed free by spraying of pendimethalin 1.0 kg/ha PE + interculturing followed by one HW at 30 DAS.

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