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Volume 21, No. (4), 2011 (December)
ECONOMICAL WEED CONTROL IN LENTILS CROP
S. U. Chaudhary, J. Iqbal, M. Hussain, A. Wajid

S. U. Chaudhary, J. Iqbal, M. Hussain, A. Wajid

Adaptive Research Farm, Gujranwala.
1 *Department of Agronomy University of Agriculture Faisalabad

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Page Number(s): 734-737
Published Online First: August 01, 2011
Publication Date: August 01, 2011
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The effect of weed-management practices in lentil was studied through field experiments conducted during Rabi 2006-07 to 2008-09 at Adaptive Research Farm Gujranwala, Pakistan. The treatments studied were application of Stomp 330 E (pendimethalin) @3.25 lit/ha at seed bed preparation and just after sowing, respectively. Puma Super 7.5% EW (phenoxyprop-p-ethyle)@ 1.25 lit/ha as post emergence and two  hand hoeing at 30 and 60 days after sowing(DAS) compared with untreated plot. Hand hoeing gave higher weed control i.e. 95.77 and 98.12 % of broad and narrow leaved weeds, respectively and produced lowest weed dry matter (15.46 g/m2). Puma Super failed to control the broad leaved weeds. Application of Stomp at seed bed preparation was weak for the control of broad leaved weeds (61.04%) whereas narrow leaved weeds were controlled effectively (97.58%), but germination was affected. Highest grain yield (1519.56 kg/ha) was recorded from the plot with two hand hoeing. It gave maximum net income (Rs41247/ha) with a cost benefit ratio (CBR) of 1:5.16. Among the herbicides application of Stomp @ 3.25 lit/ha just after sowing + Puma super @ 1.25 lit/ha 45 DAS gave yield of 1415.67 kg/ha with 102.59 % increase in yield. It gave net income of Rs40093 /ha with a CBR of 1:13.73.

Keywords: Lentils (Lens culinaris), hand hoeing, herbicides, weed control, economics
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