Residual effect of weed control methods on growth parameters of succeeding chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) crop

A field experiment was conducted in kharif and rabi season during 2018-19 and 2019-20 under irrigated condition (drip) at cotton research scheme farm, Vasantrao Naik Marathwada Krishi Vidyapeeth, Parbhani (M.S) to study the residual effect of weed control methods on growth parameters on succeeding chickpea crop. The experiment was laid out in a randomized block design with seven treatments in three replications. After harvesting of Cotton, Chickpea was sown on the same field without practicing any weed control methods in field. It revealed that weed free treatment recorded the maximum plant height (39.4 cm and 43.0 cm), mean leaf area (20.2 dm2 and 10.4 dm2) and dry weight plant-1 (19.2 g and 18.7 g). Among herbicides treatment POE pyrithiobac sodium @ 62.5 g ai/ha + quizalofopethyl @ 50 g ai/ha at 30 DAS followed by one hand weeding at 60 DAS recorded the maximum plant height (cm), mean leaf area (dm2) and dry weight plant-1 during both the years of study.