Journal ID : AMA-03-05-2022-11334
[This article belongs to Volume - 53, Issue - 05]
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Title : Effect of herbicidal treatments on the seed quality parameters and yield of Pearl millet

Abstract :

A laboratory experiment was conducted at Seed research farm of CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, Haryana during Kharif 2017. Observations on test weight, seedling length, seedling dry weight, seedling vigour index I, seedling vigour index II, grain yield, stover yield and biological yield of pearl millet were recorded. Different herbicides were applied to pearl millet plants in field plots. Treatments varied from hand weeded to pre emergence herbicides to post emergence herbicides. Pearl millet seeds were harvested and evaluated for different seed quality parameters. Herbicides had little effect on seed quality parameters such as test weight, percent germination, seedling length, seedling dry weight, seedling vigour index I and seedling vigour index II. Tembotrione 80g/ha PoE at 2-4 leaf/10-15 DAS + 1 HW at 30 DAS was found most effective which was at par with tembotrione 100g/ha PoE at 2-4 leaf/10-15 DAS + 1 HW at 30 DAS, two HW/hoeing at 15 and 30 DAS, atrazine + pendimethalin (0.4+0.75 kg/ha) PRE + 1HW at 21 DAS, pendimethalin 0.75 kg/ha PRE + 1HW at 21 DAS, atrazine 0.4 kg/ha PoE (10-14 DAS) + 1 HW at 30 DAS and atrazine 0.4 kg/ha PRE + 1HW at 21 DAS. Herbicides treatments with one hand weeding gave better results than sole herbicidal treatments.

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