<div><strong>Background:</strong> A field experiment was conducted at the Instructional Farm of Rajasthan College of Agriculture, Maharana Pratap University of Agriculture &amp; Technology, Udaipur during Rabi 2016-17 and 2017-18 to study the weed flora, growth, yield and economics of fenugreek. The experiment was laid out in split plot design with three replications having Fenugreek variety RMT-305 (25 kg ha-1) and RDF of 40 kg N &amp; 40 kg P2O5 ha-1 (basal dose through urea and DAP).&nbsp;<br />
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<strong>Methods:</strong> Herbicide applied as pre-emergence (PE) at one day after sowing, while post-emergence (PoE) application at 2-4 leaf stage of weeds (21 DAS) with knapsack sprayer having flat fan nozzle using 500 liters of water ha-1.&nbsp;<br />
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<strong>Result: </strong>The pooled results revealed that pre-emergence application of oxadiargyl 100 g/ha fb hoeing at 40 DAS recorded significantly higher weed control efficiency (82.3%), plant height (59.83 cm), number of branches (6.09), number of pods (44.86), number of seeds/pod (17.33), seed weight (9.05 g/plant) of fenugreek. Also, significantly maximum seed yield (2.82 t/ha), haulm yield (6.70 t/ha) and harvest index (29.7%) of fenugreek was recorded under oxadiargyl 100 g/ha PE fb hoeing at 40 DAS which was at par with weed free treatment. Significantly higher net returns (98158 `/ha) and B C ratio (2.63) was obtained with application of oxadiargyl 100 g/ha Pre-Emergence (PE) fb hoeing at 40 DAS. Residual effect of herbicides used in fenugreek did not showed any phytotoxic effect on succeeding summer fodder maize in terms of visual phytotoxicity rating at various growth stages of maize, weed flora, dry matter of weeds as well as crop at 30 DAS and green fodder yield of summer fodder maize.</div>


<div>Production of Fenugreek (<em>Trigonella foenum-graecum</em>) as Influenced by Weed Management Practices and Vermicompost Application</div>


<div style="text-align: justify;">To evaluate the efficacy of some pre and post-emergence herbicides for weed control in Bt cotton (var. Beejdhan 2), a field experiment was conducted during rainy seasons of 2014-15, 2015-16 and 2016-17 at Junagadh (Gujarat, India). The dominant weed flora in cotton field were Digera arvensis, Eluropus villosus, Cyperus rotundus, Cynodon dactylon, Echinochloa crusgalli, Chenopodium album, Convolvulus arvensis, Trianthema monogyna, Amaranthus spinosus, Commelina benghalensis and Asphodelus tenuifolius. The results revealed that treatments viz., hand weeding (HW) and interculturing (IC) at 30, 60 and 90 DAS, pendimethalin 0.9 kg ha-1 as pre-emergence fb HW and IC at 30 and 60 DAS, and pendimethalin 0.9 kg ha-1 as pre-emergence fb quizalofop 40 g ha-1 as post-emergence at 45 DAS were found superior to the unweeded check in enhancing growth and yield attributes viz., plant height, number of monopodial and sympodial branches plant-1, number of bolls plant-1, single boll weight and seed cotton weight plant-1 and ultimately increased seed cotton and stalk yields. These treatments also recorded lower dry weight of weeds and weed index along with higher weed control efficiency, net return and B:C ratio as compared to unweeded check.</div>

Production of Fenugreek (Trigonella foenum-graecum) as Influenced by Weed Management Practices and Vermicompost Application

Efficiency of some herbicides and manual weeding for weed control in irrigated Bt cotton