To identify the current situation of marketable surplus and post-harvest losses of guava in Saharanpur district of Uttar Pradesh

Abstract

A field experiment was conducted during Kharif 2018 at experimental farm, College of Agriculture, Latur (MS), to study the effects of different weed control measures on yield and economics of Kharif of french bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.). Though the higher seed yield per plant (9.69 g), 100 seed weight (38.33 g) and seed yield (950 kg/ha) were observed in weed free situation. But these parameters were found statistically at par with the application of pendimethalin 30% EC (1.0 kg/ha) as PE + one hoeing at 30 DAS and quizalofop-ethyl 5% EC (100 g/ha) at 20 DAS + one hoeing at 30 DAS. The highest Net Monetary Return (Rs.54850/ha) and BC ratio were recorded with the application of pendimethalin 30% EC (1.0 kg/ha) as PE + one hoeing at 30 DAS. Among different chemical weed control methods lowest dry weed weight (48.17 g/m2), weed index (4.24%), and highest weed control efficiency (91.25%) were observed with the application of pendimethalin 30% EC (1.0 kg/ha) as PE + one hoeing at 30 DAS.