Response of weed management strategies on growth, yield and economics of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.): Yield and yield attributes

Abstract

A field experiment was conducted during rabi season, 2019-20 at research block of S.G.R.R. University, Dehradun, Uttarakhand to study the “Response of weed management strategies on growth, yield and economics of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.)”. The experiment was carried out in Randomized Block Design with 8 treatments and 3 replications. The investigation revealed that the performance of Chickpea crop was significantly influenced by various strategies of weed management. Among all the treatments, Treatment T6 (Pendimethalin @ 0.75 kg a.i./ha + hand weeding at 25, 45 and 60 days after sowing) was found best in the weed management of chickpea. Treatment T1 (weedy check) came out to be the lowest performed treatment in compared to others.