Abstract
Indian mustard (Brassica juncea) is an economically significant oilseed crop cultivated widely in India with versatile applications in various industries. However, weed infestation poses a major challenge to successful mustard cultivation, leading to reduced crop productivity and growth. To address these challenges, farmers and researchers have employed various weed management practices encompassing cultural, mechanical, chemical, and biological approaches. Understanding the effectiveness of these weed control strategies is essential for optimizing mustard cultivation and enhancing overall crop productivity. In this study, an experiment was conducted at the Experimental Research Farm Rampur of Doon (P.G) College of Agriculture Science & Technology in Uttarakhand, India. The experiment followed a Randomized Block Design (R.B.D) with eight weed management treatments and three replications, resulting in 24 experimental plots. The treatments included weed check, hand weeding, and various herbicides (Pendimethalin, Oxyfluorfen, Isoproturon, Quizalofop, Oxadiaryzl, and Clodinoflop). Data on growth attributes (plant height and number of branches per plant) and yield attributes (number of siliqua per plant, siliqua length, number of seeds per siliqua, and 1000-seed weight) were collected at different growth stages. The results showed that hand weeding and Pendimethalin @ 1.25 kg/ha were effective in promoting plant growth and yield attributes, while Clodinoflop @ 0.75 kg/ha had adverse effects on growth and yield. In terms of yield, hand weeding resulted in the highest seed yield, Stover yield, and biological yield, while the weed check treatment exhibited the lowest values. Economically, hand weeding demonstrated the highest gross return, net return, and benefit-to-cost ratio, emphasizing its economic superiority. However, herbicidal treatments like Pendimethalin also showed competitive economic benefits.
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Hand weeding promoted mustard growth and yield attributes.
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- Indian mustard
Brassica junceae0 - Treatment
- hand weedinge1
- Outcome
- plant growth and yield attributese1
- Direction
- promotinge1
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e0“Indian mustard (Brassica juncea)”
e1“hand weeding and Pendimethalin @ 1.25 kg/ha were effective in promoting plant growth and yield attributes”
Claim · model-written summary
Pendimethalin at 1.25 kg/ha promoted mustard growth and yield attributes.
- Taxon
- Indian mustardBrassica junceae0
- Treatment
- Pendimethalin @ 1.25 kg/hae1
- Outcome
- plant growth and yield attributese1
- Direction
- promotinge1
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e0“Indian mustard (Brassica juncea)”
e1“hand weeding and Pendimethalin @ 1.25 kg/ha were effective in promoting plant growth and yield attributes”
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Clodinoflop at 0.75 kg/ha adversely affected mustard growth and yield.
- Taxon
- Indian mustardBrassica junceae0
- Treatment
- Clodinoflop @ 0.75 kg/hae1
- Outcome
- growth and yielde1
- Direction
- adverse effectse1
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e0“Indian mustard (Brassica juncea)”
e1“Clodinoflop @ 0.75 kg/ha had adverse effects on growth and yield”
Claim · model-written summary
Hand weeding produced the highest seed, stover and biological yields.
- Taxon
- Indian mustardBrassica junceae0
- Treatment
- hand weedinge1
- Outcome
- seed yield, Stover yield, and biological yielde1
- Direction
- higheste1
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e0“Indian mustard (Brassica juncea)”
e1“hand weeding resulted in the highest seed yield, Stover yield, and biological yield”
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The weed check had the lowest yield values.
- Taxon
- Indian mustardBrassica junceae0
- Treatment
- weed check treatmente1
- Outcome
- seed yield, Stover yield, and biological yielde2
- Direction
- loweste1
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e0“Indian mustard (Brassica juncea)”
e1“the weed check treatment exhibited the lowest values”
e2“seed yield, Stover yield, and biological yield”
Claim · model-written summary
Hand weeding gave the highest gross return, net return and benefit-to-cost ratio.
- Taxon
- Indian mustardBrassica junceae0
- Treatment
- hand weedinge1
- Outcome
- gross return, net return, and benefit-to-cost ratioe1
- Direction
- higheste1
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e0“Indian mustard (Brassica juncea)”
e1“hand weeding demonstrated the highest gross return, net return, and benefit-to-cost ratio”
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Pendimethalin showed competitive economic benefits.
- Taxon
- Indian mustardBrassica junceae0
- Treatment
- Pendimethaline1
- Outcome
- competitive economic benefitse1
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e0“Indian mustard (Brassica juncea)”
e1“herbicidal treatments like Pendimethalin also showed competitive economic benefits”
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