Efficacy of Herbicides in Fingermillet

The field experiments conducted on fingermillet at the Birsa Agricultural University, Kanke, Ranchi (India) during 1984, 1985 and 1986 with three doses (0.75, 1.0 and 1.5 kg/ha) of 2,4-D sprayed between 3–4 weeks of sowing and three new pre-emergence turbicides (pendimethalin 10 kg/ha, benthiocarb 1.0 kg/ha and oxadiazon 0.5 kg/ha) applied one day after sowing revealed that application of 2,4-D 1.0 kg/ha gave the same level of weed control and grain yield as weed free. These treatments had significantly better yield attributes as well as lowest weed number and weed weight.