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P-ISSN: 2618-060X, E-ISSN: 2618-0618   |   NAAS: 5.20

2025, Vol. 8, Special Issue 1

Weed management in direct seeded finger millet [Eleusine coracana (L.) Gaertn.] under rainfed condition of Odisha


L Nayak, BB Dalei, K Pradhan, SK Biswasi and P Acharya

The field experiment was carried out at Regional Research and Technology Transfer Station (OUAT), Semiliguda, Koraput under Eastern Ghat High Land zone of Odisha, India in acidic sandy loam soil during three consecutive kharif seasons from 2017 to 2019 with an objective to study the efficacy of weed management practices in finger millet [Eleusine coracana (L.) Gaertn.]. The experiment comprised of nine treatments and laid out in randomized block design with replicated thrice. During all the three years of investigation lower weed density, weed dry weight and higher weed control efficiency (WCE) were noticed with hand weeding twice at 21 and 42 DAS followed by pre-emergence application of oxyfluorfen @ 37.5 g/ha + one hand weeding at 21 DAS, pendimethalin @ 750 gm/ha + hand weeding at 21 DAS and pretilachlor @ 500 g/ha + hand weeding at 21 DAS. Significantly highest grain yield 3379 kg/ha was reported with hand weeding twice at 21 and 42 DAS with net monetary return ₹5036/- comparable with oxyfluorfen @ 37.5 g/ha + one hand weeding DAS and pendimethalin @ 750 g/ha + hand weeding at 21 DAS. However, oxyfluorfen @ 37.5 g/ha + one hand weeding at 21 DAS recorded grain yield of 3307 kg/ha with highest net monetary return ₹36308/- and B:C ratio 1.84.
Pages : 448-452 | 76 Views | 31 Downloads
How to cite this article:
L Nayak, BB Dalei, K Pradhan, SK Biswasi, P Acharya. Weed management in direct seeded finger millet [Eleusine coracana (L.) Gaertn.] under rainfed condition of Odisha. Int J Res Agron 2025;8(1S):448-452. DOI: 10.33545/2618060X.2025.v8.i1Sg.2457
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