Agro-economic evaluation of different weed control methods in rubber plantation (Record no. 53982)
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| fixed length control field | 01960nam a2200181Ia 4500 |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
| Personal name | Joseph P |
| 245 #0 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Agro-economic evaluation of different weed control methods in rubber plantation |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Name of publisher | Journal of Plantation Crops |
| Year of publication | 2013 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | 380-383 |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | The selection of the most suitable method of weed ontrol has an important role in the efficient and economical control of weeds in rubber plantations. A comparative evaluation of work capacity, energy consumption, cost of operation and rate of weed regeneration (efficiency of weed control) of different weed control methods were studied in a field experiment at the Central Experiment Station of the Rubber Research Institute of India, Chethackal, Central Kerala. The weeding methods included slashing of weeds with sickle (manual weeding), spraying of herbicide (glyphosate 2 L ha-1) and mechanical weeding by weed cutters. The results of the study revealed that there was significant difference in work capacity, energy consumption, cost of operation and rate of regeneration of weeds among different weed control methods. The highest work capacity of 16 h ha-1 was observed in the mechanical weed control whereas the energy consumption (38.03 MJ ha-1) and rate of regeneration of weeds the lowest in chemical weed control method. Compared to manual weeding, the cost comparison of different weed control methods showed that the weeding cost can be reduced by 65 and 75 per cent by chemical and mechanical weed control methods respectively. Considering the long term sustainability, environmental factors, scarcity of labourers and economics, mechanical weed control by weed cutters is the most suitable method for weed control in rubber plantations. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Cost of weed control |
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| Topical Term | Rubber plantation |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Weed control methods |
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| Topical Term | Weed regeneration |
| 700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Jessy M D |
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| Journals | RRII Library | RRII Library | Agronomy | 01/01/2021 | Volume 41, Issue 3 | Journals |