EFFECT OF WEED-CONTROL IN FINGERMILLET (ELEUSINE-CORACANA)

A field experiment was conducted during the rainy (kharif) season of 1 994 and 1995 to study the weed-control efficacy of 2 herbicides and 4 cultural or mechanical practics in rainfed fingermillet [Eleusine cora cana (L.) Gaertn]. Maximum dry weight of weeds was recorded in weedy c heck and minimum in the treatment with 2 hand-weedings. Due to herbcid es, tile maximum reduction iii biomass of weeds was found in the plots treated with 2, 4-D Nn-salt @ 0.75 kg ai/ha. All weed-control treatme nts recorded higher grain yield than weedy check.