Energy utilization in maize-wheat cropping system in north west plain zone of India with the impact of paddy residue and weed management

during the year 2020-21 and 2021-22 to optimize the use of energy in maize-wheat cropping systems.Incressing energy demand in conventional agriculture has been contributing to the depletion of non-renewable energy sources while also encouraging the use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides that pollute the environment.Thus the following experiment has been planed to explore the energy outcome in different planting methods and weed management in maize wheat-cropping system.The experiment was laid out in a strip plot design with three replications.Factor A comprised of ten planting methods (zero-tillage sowing with press wheel (with paddy residues @ 6 t/ha) b ZTW, zero-tillage sowing with press wheel (without residues) b ZTW, ridge sowing with dibbling method (with paddy residues @ 6 t/ha) b CTW), ridge sowing with dibbling method (without residues) b CTW, multi crop ridge planter (with paddy residues @ 6 t/ha) b CTW, multi crop ridge planter (without residues) b CTW, raised bed wide bed planter (with paddy residues @ 6 t/ha) b ZTW (reshaping of beds), raised bed wide bed planter (without residues) b ZTW (reshaping of beds), pneumatic maize planter (with paddy residues @ 6 t/ha) b ZTW and pneumatic maize planter (without residues) b ZTW) and factor B has four weed control treatments (unweeded check, weedy check, tembotrione 120 g/ha at 15 DAS and topramezone 25.2 g/ha at 15 DAS) in maize-wheat cropping system (MWCS).Raised bed wide bed planter (with paddy residues @ 6 t/ha) b ZTW (reshaping of beds) gave maximum maize and wheat yield which was signi icantly higher than all the planting methods except zero-tillage sowing with press wheel (with paddy residues @ 6 t/ha) during both the year.The lower weed density and dry weight of grassy, broad leaf and sedges was recorded with tembotrione 120 g/ha at 15 DAS 120 which was at par with topramezone 25.2 g/ha at 15 DAS while maximum weed density was recorded in weedy check during both the years in maize crop and lowest weed density of weeds were observed in raised bed wide bed planter (with paddy residues @ 6 t/ha) b ZTW (reshaping of beds).The maximum MEY (157.81,159.17 kg/ha), net return (157128, 184941 /ha), and cost-bene it ratio (1.73, 1.83) was obtained in raised bed wide bed planter (with paddy residues @ 6 t/ha) b ZTW (reshaping of beds) but at par with zero-tillage sowing with press wheel (with paddy residues @ 6 t/ha) b ZTW.The input energy productivity was signi icantly higher in zero-tillage sowing with press wheel (with paddy residues @ 6 t/ha) b ZTW which was statistically at par with raised bed wide bed planter (with paddy residues @ 6 t/ha) b ZTW (reshaping of beds).