Effect of Pre and Post-Emergence Herbicides on Yield, Economics and Weed Control in Linseed (Linum usitatissimum L.) Under Irrigated Medium Land Condition of Jharkhand

Linseed (Linum usitatissimum L.) production is affected by several factors, out of which weed is one of the most important factors responsible for causing tremendous loss in yield. An experiment was conducted during rabi season of 2018-2019 and 2019-2020 at Research Farm of Birsa Agricultural University, Kanke, Ranchi, Jharkhand to study the effect of pre and post-emergence herbicide on yield, economics, weed count, weed dry matter and weed control efficiency in linseed. The treatments comprised of weed management practices viz., T1-Weedy Check, T2-Hand weeding twice at 30 and 60 DAS, T3-Metribuzin 250 g/ha + Oxyflourfen 125g/ha (Pre.), T4-Pendimethalin 1 kg/ha (Pre.) fb. metsulfuron methyl 4 g/ha (Post.), T5-Imazethapyr 75 g/ha (Post.), T6-Oxyflourfen125 g/ha (Pre.), T7-Metsulfuron methyl 4 g/ha (Post.), T8-Clodinafop 60 g/ha (Post.), T9-Clodinafop 60 g/ha + metsulfuron methyl 4 g/ha (Post.) and T10-Oxadiargyl 80 g/ha (Pre.), and were replicated thrice. The research outcomes revealed that Hand Weeding twice at 30 and 60 DAS resulted in maximum seed yield (14.26, 15.66 and 14.96 q/ha), net return (Rs. 41635, 45907 and 43771/ha), in 2018-19, 2019-20 and pooled data respectively while among weed parameters hand weeding recorded minimum total weed count at 30 DAS (1.19 and 1.22 /m2) and 60 DAS (3.04 and 3.19 /m2), minimum total weed dry matter at 30 DAS (1.17 and 1.18 g/m2) and at 60 DAS (3.43 and 3.57 g/m2) and maximum weed control efficiency at 30 DAS (97.08 and 96.97%) and at 60 DAS (80.66 and 79.24%) in 2018-19 and 2019-20 respectively.