EFFECT OF WEED MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES FOR BETTER GROWTH AND YIELD OF PEA (Pisum sativum L.)

weight of fresh pods per plant (44.17 g), number of gains per pod (8.02) and 100-grains weight (50.73 g) were recorded in hand weeded plots. Hand weeding recorded substantial increase in pod yield (8.63 t ha -1 ) which was significantly the highest from all other treatments. In 2012-13, the significantly highest number of days taken to 50% flowering (65.33) was recorded in plots covered with white plastic. The lowest weed density (14.20 g/m 2 ), least fresh weed biomass (42.32 g/ m 2 ), the lowest dry weed biomass (15.19 g/ m 2 ), m aximum number of pod per plant (14.76), the highest weight of fresh pods per plant (44.17 g ), the longest pods (6.97 cm), maximum number of gains per pod (6.43) and the highest 100-grains weight (52.06 g) were recorded in hand weeded plots. Significantly the highest pod yield (7.66 t ha -1 ) was also recorded in h and weeding . It was concluded that during both the years, hand weeding surpassed all other techniques in minimizing weeds density, weeds fresh and dry biomass enhancing all other growth and yield parameters followed by transparent plastic mulch, black plastic mulch, Dual Gold and Stomp.