Lay by method of weed management practices in tuberose under irrigated condition

Abstract

A Field experiment was conducted during 2017-2018 at farmer’s field Chinnapudur, Dharmapuri (dit) to study the lay by method of weed management practices for season long weed control in tuberose under irrigated condition. The result indicated that lay by method of weed control were found to be superior to the other treatments. Among the lay by treatments pre-emergence application of pendimethalin at 3 days after planting fb hand hoeing + pendimethalin at the rate of 1.5 kg ha-1 on 30, 90,150, 210 days after planting significantly reduced the weed growth and recorded higher flower yield (13.30 t ha-1).The result significantly superior over other treatments. Control plot caused the reduction in flower yield of tuberose.