Influence of Weed and Nutrient Management on Growth, Yield Attributes and Yield of Summer Pearlmillet under South Gujarat Condition, India
Patel Kinjal Suresh *
Department of Agronomy, N. M. College of Agriculture, Navsari Agricultural University, Navsari, Gujarat, India.
M. M. Patel
Coastal Soil Salinity Research Station, Navsari Agricultural University, Danti, Umbharat, Gujarat, India.
Krutika Subodh Patel
Department of Agronomy, College of Agriculture, Junagadh Agricultural University, Mota Bhandariya, Amreli, Gujarat, India.
Chudasama Satish D.
Department of Agronomy, N. M. College of Agriculture, Navsari Agricultural University, Navsari, Gujarat, India.
Chaudhri Karuna M.
Department of Agronomy, N. M. College of Agriculture, Navsari Agricultural University, Navsari, Gujarat, India.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
A field experiment was conducted on heavy black soil at college farm, N. M. college of Agriculture, Navsari Agricultural University, Navsari, Gujarat, India during the year 2019 with the objectives to assess the effect of weed and nutrient management practices on growth and yield attributes as well as yield of summer pearl millet cv. GHB-558. The results revealed that significantly higher growth and yield attributes along with the higher yield was obtained in weed free plot and was found at par with the application of atrazine @ 0.5 kg/ha as a pre-emergence fb hand weeding at 30 DAS and fertilized with 100 % RDF.
Keywords: Atrazine, hand weeding, nutrient management, Oxyflourfen, pearl millet, Pendimethalin, RDF, summer, weed management