A field experiment entitled “Effect of Weed Management Practices on Growth, Yield and Quality of Indian Mustard [
Brassica juncea (L.) Czern & Coss]” was carried out during 2024-25 in
rabi season at the Agronomy Research Farm, School of Agricultural Sciences, Jaipur National University, Jaipur, Rajasthan. Soil of the experimental field was sandy in texture having pH 7.58, organic carbon (OC) (0.43%), available nutrient (nitrogen 217.30 kg ha
-1; phosphorus 20.28 kg ha
-1 and potassium 219.20 kg ha
-1). The experiment was laid out in randomized block design with three replications. The field trial consisted 09 treatments combinations
viz., (i) Weedy check, (ii) Hand weeding once at 20 DAS, (iii) Pendimethalin at 0.75kg ha
-1, (iv) Pendimethalin at 0.75kg ha
-1 (PE) + Hand weeding once at 40 DAS, (v) Oxadiargyl at 0.75kg ha
-1 (PE), (vi) Oxadiargyl at 0.75kg ha
-1 (PE) + Hand weeding once at 40 DAS, (vii) Fluazitfop-p-ethyl at 75ml ha
-1 (EPOE), (viii)
Fluazifop-p-ethyl at 75ml ha-1 (EPOE) + Hand weeding once at 40 DAS and (ix) Weed free. The result showed that the higher growth parameters
viz., plant height, dry matter accumulation, number of primary and secondary branches plant
-1; maximum yield attributes and yield
viz., length of siliqua (4.30 cm), number of siliqua plant
-1 (155.00), number of seeds siliqua
-1 (11.50),
test weight (4.50g), seed yield (2250 kg ha
-1) and straw yield (4550 kg ha
-1) of Indian mustard recorded weed free plot and followed by Fluazifop-p-ethyl at 75ml ha
-1 (EPOE) + Hand weeding once at 40 DAS.
