Fodder Quality and Yields of Mung Bean as Influenced by Different Weed Management Practices

Abstract

Even India witness with large livestock population and highest milk production in world, the productivity of Indian cattle lowers than global average. A field experiment was laid out in Randomized Block Design consisted of eight treatments with three replication to find out suitable weed management in summer mungbean (Vigna radiata) under zero tillage condition during summer season of 2019-20 under irrigated condition at ICAR-NDRI, Karnal, Haryana. To evaluate the quality of fodder in terms of crude protein, ether extract, total ash, neutral detergent fiber, acid detergent fiber, acid detergent lignin, organic matter. The experiment result showed that weed free (T₂)recorded higher green and dry fodder yield followed by Shaked (Propaquizafop + Imezathyper) (T₆) and Pendimethalin fb one HW at 20 DAS (T₄)_. T_2, T₆ andT₄ recorded higher green fodder yield by 59.32, 40.12 and 39.86% over weedy check (T₁). Among weed control treatments, T₄ recorded significantly higher crude protein, ether extract and dry matter content was at par on T₆ and significantly superior overT_1. Same trends was also observed in CP, EE and dry matter yield (q/ha). The T₄ andT₆ also enhancing fodder quality by reducing neutral detergent fiber (NDF), acid detergent fiber (ADF) and acid detergent lignin (ADL) over weedy check.