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Amarjeet Nibhoria, Jitender Kumar, Mehak Nagora, Navish Kumar Kamboj, Dharam Bir Yadav, Manoj Kumar and Jeetendra Kumar Soni. 2025. Compatibility and efficacy of post-emergence herbicides tank mixed with zinc sulphate and urea for weed management in wheat . Indian Journal of Weed Science : 57( ) 177- 186.







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Volume Issue Publication year Page No Type of article
57 2025 177-186 Research article
Compatibility and efficacy of post-emergence herbicides tank mixed with zinc sulphate and urea for weed management in wheat

Amarjeet Nibhoria, Jitender Kumar, Mehak Nagora, Navish Kumar Kamboj, Dharam Bir Yadav, Manoj Kumar and Jeetendra Kumar Soni

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5958/0974-8164.2025.00030.6

Email: amarnibhoria@gmail.com
Address: CCS Haryana Agricultural University Regional Research Station, Bawal, Haryana 123501, India

Keywords:

Compatibility, Herbicides, Metsulfuron + carfentrazone, Weed control efficiency, Wheat, Zinc sulphate with urea



Abstract:

A study was conducted to evaluate the compatibility and efficacy of post-emergence herbicides with zinc sulphate and urea (tank-mixed) in wheat during the year 2018–19, 2019–20 and 2020–21 at the research farm of CCSHAU Regional Research Station, Bawal, Haryana, India. The experiment was designed in a factorial randomized block design with three replications. The first factor included two treatments: with foliar spray of zinc sulphate plus urea and without the foliar spray of zinc sulphate plus urea, while the second factor comprised of seven weed control treatments: metsulfuron 4 g/ha, carfentrazone 20 g/ha, 2,4-D sodium salt 500 g/ha, 2,4-D ester salt 500 g/ha, metsulfuron + carfentrazone (RM) 24 g/ha, unweeded check, and weed-free.  The herbicides tested were found compatible with zinc sulphate (0.5%) + urea (2.5%) when tank-mixed, as no phytotoxicity was observed on the crop at any stage. The application of zinc sulphate (0.5%) + urea (2.5%) was found to be compatible with different herbicides recommended for the post-emergence management of broad-leaved weeds and increased wheat grain yield by 4%. Among different herbicides, metsulfuron + carfentrazone (RM) 24 g/ha recorded the highest grain yield (6.06 t/ha) and achieved the maximum net returns ( 85,907/ha) with a benefit-cost (B:C) ratio of 2.78 over three seasons. The highest weed control efficiency was also observed with metsulfuron + carfentrazone (RM) 24 g/ha tank-mixed with zinc sulphate and urea. The various herbicides when tank mixed with zinc sulphate plus urea provided higher weed control efficiency than the herbicides used alone.





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