A field experiment was conducted at Research Farm of Suresh Gyan Vihar University, Jaipur (Rajasthan) during kharif 2023 on sandy loam soil, which consisted 10 treatments of different weed management practices (hand weeding, mulching and herbicides) were laid out in randomized block design with three replication and variety RC-19 was used for experiment.
Results clearly showed that treatment weed free significantly increased plant height, dry matter accumulation, number of branches plant-1, number of nodules plant-1, number of pods plant-1, number of seeds pod-1, seed, straw and biological yield over control. The overall results indicated that weed infestation significantly affected yield in cowpea and integrated weed management especially during the critical period of crop weed competition in cowpea is inevitable for getting an economic yield and could reduce yield loss.
