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EFFECT OF SOWING TIME AND MULCHING ON WEED CONTROL IN COTTON-BASED INTERCROPPING SYSTEM IN RAINFED VERTISOLS

  • Author:U. SOLAIAPPAN and N. CHELLAIAH

    p-ISSN:0024-9602, e-ISSN:2582-5321, Vol:85, Issue:feb-feb

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.29321/MAJ.10.A00697
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Abstract

                                Field experiments conducted at the Agricultural Research Station, Kovilpatti during rub seasons of 1993-94 and 1994-95 revealed that intercropping of cotton + black gram at 2:1 ratio reduced the weed density and dry matter. Mulching eitherwith subabul loppings or hajru straw 6 6 ha recorded significantly lower weed population and the dry matter accumulation than the unimulched control.

Key words : Cotton, intercropping, mulching, weeds

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