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WEED CONTROL IN TOMATO (LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM Mill.) THROUGH MULCHING AND HERBICIDES

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dc.contributor.author TAMANA BAKHT
dc.contributor.author KHAN, IJAZ AHMAD
dc.date.accessioned 2022-12-22T04:12:00Z
dc.date.available 2022-12-22T04:12:00Z
dc.date.issued 2014-03-16
dc.identifier.citation Bakht, T., & Khan, I. A. (2014). Weed control in tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) through mulching and herbicides. Pak. J. Bot, 46(1), 289-292. en_US
dc.identifier.issn 2070-3368
dc.identifier.uri http://142.54.178.187:9060/xmlui/handle/123456789/15437
dc.description.abstract Experiments were conducted at the Agricultural Research Farm of the University of Agriculture, Peshawar during 2012 and 2013 to determine the impact of row spacing and weed management strategies on tomato (Lycopersicon esculantum Mill.). Variety ‘Roma’ was planted on a plot size of 4.8m x 3m using a randomized complete block (RCB) design in split plot arrangements, having four replications. The experiment comprised of row spacing in main plots and ten treatments in the subplots that included five mulches viz., white polyethylene, black polyethylene, wheat straw, newspaper and saw dust; three herbicide treatments i.e. fenoxaprop-p-ethyl, pendimethalin, s-metolachlor along with a hand weeding treatment and a weedy check. The data were recorded on weed density m-2 at 20 days after treatments, plant height, fruit yield (kg ha-1). All the studied parameters were significantly affected by the row spacing (factor A) and weed management treatments (factor B); however, the interaction effects were non-significant. An increase in weed density was observed with increase in row spacing, having weed density of 3.39, 4.19 and 4.53 weeds m-2 for 40, 60 and 80 row spacing, respectively. The overall weed density m-2 ranged between 3.24 to 4.30 m-2. A maximum plant height of 62.44cm was recorded in weedy check and minimum 53.31cm plant height was observed in hand weeding treatments. As regards the fruit yield, a highest yield of 2.51 t ha-1 was recorded at row spacing of 60 cm (factor A) and the application of poly ethylene black plastic resulted in significantly highest fruit yield (4.04 t ha-1) among factor B treatments. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Karachi: Pakistan Botanical Society en_US
dc.title WEED CONTROL IN TOMATO (LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM Mill.) THROUGH MULCHING AND HERBICIDES en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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