Weed Management in Elephant Foot Yam (Amorphophallus paeoniifolius)
| dc.contributor.advisor | Singh, Ravinder | |
| dc.contributor.author | Sharma, Kshitij | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-03-04T05:59:39Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-03-04T05:59:39Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2023-02-05 | |
| dc.description.abstract | An experiment on Weed management in elephant foot yam (Amorphophallus paeoniifolius) was conducted at Experimental Farm of Research Sub Station of CSK, Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishwavidyalaya at Berthin of Bilaspur district during Kharif 2021. The experiment was laid out by planting elephant foot yam variety Palam Zimikand-1 in Randomized Complete Block Design with three replications. The experiment comprising of eight weed management treatments viz., Pendimethalin 30EC @1.0 kg a.i/ha as pre emergence, Pendimethalin 30EC @1.0 kg a.i/ha as pre emergence + HW at 60 DAP, Incorporation of cowpea as green manure after 45-60 days of planting, Plastic mulch (biodegradable double shaded), Dry mulch @ 5 tonnes/ha, HW at 30 and 60 DAP, Weed free and Control (No weeding). The predominating weed species recorded during experimentation was Cyperus rotundus. Among different weed management treatments, use of biodegradable double shaded plastic mulch was the best treatment with respect to girth of pseudo stem, canopy spread, leaf area index, corm yield, yield and quality attributes, gross returns, net returns and benefit cost ratio and it was followed by weed free and HW at 30 and 60 days after planting treatments. Among herbicidal treatments, pendimethalin 30EC @1.0 kg a.i/ha as pre emergence + HW at 60 DAP (T2) is better over pendimethalin 30EC @1.0 kg a.i/ha as pre emergence (T1), whereas unweeded treatment was lowest for most of the traits due to more crop-weed-competition. The use of biodegradable double shaded plastic mulch is the best treatment for weed management in elephant foot yam for achieving higher productivity and profitability under low hill conditions of Himachal Pradesh. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/5810194759 | |
| dc.keywords | Elephant Foot Yam, Amorphophallus paeoniifolius, Weed Management, Palam Zimikand, Plastic mulch, Cyperus rotundus, | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | English | en_US |
| dc.pages | 72 | en_US |
| dc.publisher | CSK HPKV, Palampur | en_US |
| dc.sub | Vegetable Science | en_US |
| dc.theme | To evaluate the effect of different weed management treatments on yield and yield attributes of elephant foot yam; and to work out the relative economics of different treatments. | en_US |
| dc.these.type | M.Sc | en_US |
| dc.title | Weed Management in Elephant Foot Yam (Amorphophallus paeoniifolius) | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |