Abstract
An experiment was conducted at the ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, during 2021 and 2022 to evaluate the efficacy of brown manuring (BM) using Sesbania plants in controlling weeds and improving productivity in conservation agriculture-based maize. Treatments included conventional tillage maize (CT-M), conventional tillage maize with green manure from preceding greengram (CT-M+GM), zero tillage maize with residue retention at 3 t/ha (ZT-M+R), and zero tillage maize with Sesbania co-culture as brown manuring (ZT-M+BM), combined with five weed control treatments viz unweeded check (UWC), pre (atrazine + pendimethalin 750 g/ha, each) + 1 hand weeding (30 DAS), pre (atrazine + pendimethalin 750 g/ha, each) + post (tembotrione) 120 g/ha, pre (atrazine + pendimethalin 750 g/ha, each) + post (pre-mix of mesotrione + atrazine) 120 g/ha, weed free check in sub-plots. Results showed that ZT-M+BM caused 28.4% reduction in total weeds at 60 days after sowing compared to CT-M. Sequential application of atrazine (750 g/ha) and pendimethalin (750 g/ha) fb tembotrione (120 g/ha) effectively reduced weed population (78.5%) and dry weight (81.3%) compared to the unweeded control. Maize yield attributes were higher in ZT-M+BM than in CT treatments. The combination of atrazine, pendimethalin, and tembotrione with ZT-M+BM resulted in higher maize productivity (6.88 t/ha) and profitability ( 116,570/ha), comparable to the weed-free check. Thus, integrating zero tillage with Sesbania brown manure, and pre-emergence application of atrazine + pendimethalin followed by post-emergence tembotrione is recommended for effective weed control and high maize productivity of maize.
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Claim · model-written summary
Zero tillage maize with Sesbania brown manuring (ZT-M+BM) reduced total weeds by 28.4% at 60 days after sowing compared with conventional tillage maize (CT-M).
- Treatment
- ZT-M+BMe1
- Interactor
- weedse2weed
- Outcome
- total weedse1
- Direction
- reductione1
- Value
- 28.4%e1
- Qualifier
- at 60 days after sowinge1
- Comparator
- CT-Me1
- Setting
- ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhie2
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Verbatim
e1“ZT-M+BM caused 28.4% reduction in total weeds at 60 days after sowing compared to CT-M”
e2“An experiment was conducted at the ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, during 2021 and 2022 to evaluate the efficacy of brown manuring (BM) using Sesbania plants in controlling weeds and improving productivity in conservation agriculture-based maize”
Claim · model-written summary
Sequential atrazine and pendimethalin followed by tembotrione reduced weed population by 78.5% compared with the unweeded control.
- Treatment
- Sequential application of atrazine (750 g/ha) and pendimethalin (750 g/ha) fb tembotrione (120 g/ha)e1
- Interactor
- weedse2weed
- Outcome
- weed populatione1
- Direction
- reducede1
- Value
- 78.5%e1
- Comparator
- unweeded controle1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Verbatim
e1“Sequential application of atrazine (750 g/ha) and pendimethalin (750 g/ha) fb tembotrione (120 g/ha) effectively reduced weed population (78.5%) and dry weight (81.3%) compared to the unweeded control”
e2“An experiment was conducted at the ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, during 2021 and 2022 to evaluate the efficacy of brown manuring (BM) using Sesbania plants in controlling weeds and improving productivity in conservation agriculture-based maize”
Claim · model-written summary
Sequential atrazine and pendimethalin followed by tembotrione reduced weed dry weight by 81.3% compared with the unweeded control.
- Treatment
- Sequential application of atrazine (750 g/ha) and pendimethalin (750 g/ha) fb tembotrione (120 g/ha)e1
- Interactor
- weedse2weed
- Outcome
- dry weighte1
- Direction
- reducede1
- Value
- 81.3%e1
- Comparator
- unweeded controle1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Verbatim
e1“Sequential application of atrazine (750 g/ha) and pendimethalin (750 g/ha) fb tembotrione (120 g/ha) effectively reduced weed population (78.5%) and dry weight (81.3%) compared to the unweeded control”
e2“An experiment was conducted at the ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, during 2021 and 2022 to evaluate the efficacy of brown manuring (BM) using Sesbania plants in controlling weeds and improving productivity in conservation agriculture-based maize”
Claim · model-written summary
Maize yield attributes were higher under ZT-M+BM than under conventional tillage treatments.
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Verbatim
e1“Maize yield attributes were higher in ZT-M+BM than in CT treatments”
e2“An experiment was conducted at the ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, during 2021 and 2022 to evaluate the efficacy of brown manuring (BM) using Sesbania plants in controlling weeds and improving productivity in conservation agriculture-based maize”
Claim · model-written summary
The combination of atrazine, pendimethalin and tembotrione with ZT-M+BM gave higher maize productivity of 6.88 t/ha.
- Treatment
- combination of atrazine, pendimethalin, and tembotrione with ZT-M+BMe1
- Outcome
- maize productivitye1
- Direction
- highere1
- Value
- 6.88 t/hae1
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Verbatim
e1“The combination of atrazine, pendimethalin, and tembotrione with ZT-M+BM resulted in higher maize productivity (6.88 t/ha) and profitability ( 116,570/ha), comparable to the weed-free check”
e2“An experiment was conducted at the ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, during 2021 and 2022 to evaluate the efficacy of brown manuring (BM) using Sesbania plants in controlling weeds and improving productivity in conservation agriculture-based maize”
Claim · model-written summary
The combination of atrazine, pendimethalin and tembotrione with ZT-M+BM gave higher profitability of 116,570/ha.
- Treatment
- combination of atrazine, pendimethalin, and tembotrione with ZT-M+BMe1
- Outcome
- profitabilitye1
- Direction
- highere1
- Value
- 116,570/hae1
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Verbatim
e1“The combination of atrazine, pendimethalin, and tembotrione with ZT-M+BM resulted in higher maize productivity (6.88 t/ha) and profitability ( 116,570/ha), comparable to the weed-free check”
e2“An experiment was conducted at the ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, during 2021 and 2022 to evaluate the efficacy of brown manuring (BM) using Sesbania plants in controlling weeds and improving productivity in conservation agriculture-based maize”
Claim · model-written summary
Maize productivity under the combined herbicide programme with ZT-M+BM was comparable to the weed-free check.
- Treatment
- combination of atrazine, pendimethalin, and tembotrione with ZT-M+BMe1
- Outcome
- maize productivitye1
- Direction
- comparablee1
- Comparator
- weed-free checke1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Verbatim
e1“The combination of atrazine, pendimethalin, and tembotrione with ZT-M+BM resulted in higher maize productivity (6.88 t/ha) and profitability ( 116,570/ha), comparable to the weed-free check”
e2“An experiment was conducted at the ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, during 2021 and 2022 to evaluate the efficacy of brown manuring (BM) using Sesbania plants in controlling weeds and improving productivity in conservation agriculture-based maize”
Claim · model-written summary
Integrating zero tillage with Sesbania brown manure and a pre- plus post-emergence herbicide sequence is recommended for weed control and maize productivity.
- Outcome
- integrating zero tillage with Sesbania brown manuree1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Verbatim
e1“integrating zero tillage with Sesbania brown manure, and pre-emergence application of atrazine + pendimethalin followed by post-emergence tembotrione is recommended for effective weed control and high maize productivity”
e2“An experiment was conducted at the ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, during 2021 and 2022 to evaluate the efficacy of brown manuring (BM) using Sesbania plants in controlling weeds and improving productivity in conservation agriculture-based maize”
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