Haya: The Saudi Journal of Life Sciences (SJLS)
Volume-2 | Issue-01 | 6-9
Research Article
Allelopathic Effect of Sorghum Plants Parts Water Extract to Control Weeds in Wheat Field
Santosh Kumar Paul, Santa Mazumder, Md. Maksudul haque, Towhidi Almas Mujahidi, Subarna Kundu
Published : Jan. 30, 2017
Abstract
An observation trial was conducted at the research field of Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute,
Joydebpur, Gazipur during November 2012 to March 2013. This experiment was under taken to find out the efficiency of
weed control in wheat field by the application of sorghum plant parts water extract. The treatments were: i) T1= 2 kg dry
sorghum plant parts/10 lit water extract/ha ii) T2= 1 kg dry sorghum plant parts/10 lit water extract/ha and iii) T3= only
water spray. Treatment, T1 showed the minimum number of weeds (28) compared to treatment T2 (43). But minimum dry
wt of weeds were found in treatment T2.Weed control efficiency, (WCE) was also highest in treatment, T2 (17.08)
compared to treatment T1 (13.76). The grain yield was highest in treatment, T2; though the length of spike and no. of
grains/spike was highest in treatment, T3 (Only water spray).