Comparasion of Different Weed Control Techinques in Maize

Ijaz Ahmad Khan

Authors

Ijaz Ahmad Khan

weed density maize, mulching, leaf area

Abstract

Maize is third most important cereal crop in Pakistan after wheat and rice. Experiment was conducted at Agricultural Research Institute Tarnab, Peshawar during Kharif 2007 to study the different weed control technique in maize. The treatments were wheat straw, saw dust, polyethylene (white), polyethylene (black), newspaper, Primextra Gold 720SC, hand weeding and weedy check. The effect of all these treatments were studied on weed density (m- 2), fresh weed biomass (g m-2), leaf area (cm2) and cob length (cm). Primextra Gold 720SC and polyethylene (black) giving only (6.5) and (20.0) weeds respectively, as compared to (110.8) weeds m-2 in weedy check plots. Maximum leaf area of 561.23 and Primextra Gold 720SC and polyethylene (black) treated plots respectively. The minimum (464.34 cm2) leaf area was recorded in weedy check plots.

Downloads

How to Cite

Comparasion of Different Weed Control Techinques in Maize. (2013). Global Journal of Science Frontier Research, 13(D4), 13-15. https://www.journalofscience.org/index.php/GJSFR/article/view/831

Download Citation

References

M Liedgens, A Soldati, P Stamp (2004) Interactions of maize and Italian ryegrass in a living mulch system. 262(1-2), 191-203.

Shigenori Miura, Yoshiaki Watanabe (2002) Growth and Yield of Sweet Corn with Legume Living Mulches.. 71(1), 36-42.

Mathieu Ngouajio, Jeremy Ernest (2004) Light Transmission Through Colored Polyethylene Mulches Affects Weed Populations. 39(6), 1302-1304.

E Nyakatawa (1997) Evaluation of sorghum stover and tree leaf mulches for sustainable maize, sorghum and sunflower cropping in a semi-arid region of Zimbabwe. 10(2-3), 115-128.

Mark Schonbeck (1998) Weed Suppression and Labor Costs Associated with Organic, Plastic, and Paper Mulches in Small-Scale Vegetable Production. 13(2), 13-33.

R Steel, J Torrie (1980) Principles and procedures of statistics. 481.

Elsa Sánchez, William Lamont, Michael Orzolek (2008) Newspaper Mulches for Suppressing Weeds for Organic High-tunnel Cucumber Production. 18(1), 154-157.