Weed management in millets


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Authors

  • J. S. Mishra
  • Rakesh Kumar
  • P. K. Upadhyay
  • Hansraj Hans

Abstract

Due to slow initial growth and wider row spacing, millets are heavily infested with weeds especially during rainy season. In most of millets, initial period of 4-6 weeks after seedling emergence was found critical. Uncontrolled weed infestation reduce crop yield by 15 to 83% in sorghum, 16 to 94% in pearl millet, and 55 to 61% in finger millet. Crop rotation with trap crop/catch crops i.e. soybean and cotton, and intercropping of sorghum /pearl millet with groundnut, soybean and cowpea and green-manuring crops like Sesbania help in reducing the weed problem including parasitic weed Striga spp. Integration of pre-emergence herbicides and intercultural operations
(hoeing and hand weeding) at 30 to 35 days after sowing provides effective and economical weed control in semiarid regions.

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Author Biographies

  • J. S. Mishra
    Head, Division of Crop Research; 2Scientist
    (Agronomy),
  • Rakesh Kumar
    Scientist (Agronomy),
  • P. K. Upadhyay
    Scientist (Agronomy), Indian Agricultural
    Research Institute, New Delhi 110 012.
  • Hansraj Hans
    Senior Research Fellow,

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Submitted

2018-12-07

Published

2018-12-07

Issue

Vol. 68 No. 11 (2018)

Section

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How to Cite

Mishra, J. S., Kumar, R., Upadhyay, P. K., & Hans, H. (2018). Weed management in millets. Indian Farming, 68(11). https://epubs.icar.org.in/index.php/IndFarm/article/view/85364