Effect of herbicidal weed management practices on growth characters of finger millet (Eleusine coracana L.)

An experiment was conducted during kharif - 2023 to study the effect of herbicidal weed management practices on finger millet. Results revealed that the crop growth parameters viz; plant height (72.02 cm), number of tillers (123.33 m^-2), chlorophyll content (33.95 SPAD value) and dry matter accumulation (312.01 g m^-2) at 90 DAS were significantly higher in weed free (T₂) treatment. Among the herbicidal weed management significantly higher crop growth parameters were recorded under pre-emergence application (T₁₃) Pretilachlor 50% EC @ 1 L a.i. ha^-1 fb Bispyribac sodium 10% SC @ 25 ml a.i. ha^-1 (PoE) and pre-emergence application (T₁₁) Pendimethalin 30% EC @ 1 L a.i. ha^-1 fb Bispyribac Sodium 10% SC @ 25 mL a.i. ha^-1 (PoE).