Vishnu, Prateek Kumar, Gajender Yadav, Biswarup Mehera, Puneet Kumar Chhokar and Preeti Yadav
Abstract
Weed management is a critical factor influencing wheat yield and quality. Post-emergence herbicides offer a flexible approach to controlling weeds after crop emergence. The paper critically evaluates the performance of different herbicide classes and their impact on wheat productivity, weed resistance, weed spectrum, crop safety, and herbicide resistance control. This field experiment was conducted in Randomized Block Design with ten treatments and three replications in which six different herbicides and their combination are used with a control (150:60:40 NPK/ha). Among herbicide treatments significantly highest plant height (67.72 cm) dry weight (16.48 g), number of tillers (107.33) and lowest weed dry weight of Phalaris minor (7.8 g/m2) Rumex dentatus (0 g/m2) total other weeds (0 g/m2) and total weeds (8.8 g/m2) while Rumex dentatus and total other weeds are completely controlled in EPoE and PoE application of aclonifen + diflufenican