Effect of pre-emergence herbicide Flurochloridone on growth, yield and yield attributes of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.)

Abstract

A field experiment entitled Effect of pre-emergence herbicide Flurochloridone on growth, yield and yield attributes of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) was carried out during Rabi season of year 2019-20 and 2020-21 at Farm B of College of Agriculture, Ganjbasoda, Vidisha (M.P.). Experiment was carried out with six treatments viz., T1- Flurochloridone 20% CS @ 500 g a.i/ha, T2- Flurochloridone 20% CS @ 625 g a.i/ha, T3- Flurochloridone 20% CS @ 750 g a.i/ha, T4- Pendimethalin 30% EC @ 1000 g a.i/ha, T5- Weed free check and T6- Weedy respectively laid out in randomized block design with four replication. The objective of the study was to find out the effect of Flurochloridone on growth and yield of chickpea. The application of Flurochloridone 20% CS @ 750 g a.i/ha as pre-emergence recorded significantly highest values of seed and straw yield and it was at par with Flurochloridone 20% CS @ 625 g a.i/ha during the both years. A similar trend was also found in growth parameters viz. plant height, no. of branches/plant, dry weight/plant and yield attributes viz. pods/plant, seeds/pods, seed index, harvest index under study.