Effect of weed control on growth and productivity of soybean

A field experiment was carried out at research farm of Rajasthan College of Agriculture, Udaipur during Kharif 2014 in randomized block design (RBD) with 14 treatments pre-emergence application of pendimethalin 0.75 kg/ha + hand weeding 30 DAS resulted broad spectrum of weed control besides gives higher grain yield. This weed management method found to be promising to control weeds of soybean crop and would play an important role in areas where labour is too expensive and time is a constraint.