Title: Integrated Weed Management in Groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.) under Varying Plant Densities
Abstract: Of the India's total production of edible oils, 67 % comes from groundnut. The demand for edible oil in the country is rising at about 6% per year. Therefore, concerted efforts are now being made for increasing and stabilizing oilseed production. Groundnut, being a high-energy crop, receives low level of management practices, more important but often not recognized factor responsible for poor yield is inadequate plant population and weed control especially during the early period of crop under irrigated condition. In this period, less crop canopy coverage favours heavy competition with weeds causing considerable reduction in yield of the crop (Singh et ai., 1985). Field experiment was conducted for two seasons from July-November 1998 and January April 1999 in sandy clay loam soil. The initial soil availableN,ppsand~Owere 150, 18 and 168 kg ha-1, respectively, with EC 0.15 dSm-1 and pH 6.10. The main plot treatments of various plant densities
Publication Year: 2004
Publication Date: 2004-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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