Author: M. RAMASAMY, K. SRINIVASAN and K.VAIRAVAN,
p-ISSN: 0024-9602, e-ISSN:2582-5321, Vol: 83, Issue: may-may,
Field experiments were conducted for three years, to study the effect of different weed mangement practices in pigeonpea + groundnut intercropping system. The study revealed that the first 30 days after sowing is the critical period of weed management for pigeonpea + groundnut system. Weed free environment upto 30 days after sowing produced significantly higher yield which was on par with weed free upto 45, 60 days and weed free till maturity. Similar trend was observed for both the main and intercrops
Keywords: Pigeonpea, Groundnut, Weed Management, Intercropping
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