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Efficacy of Different Pre and Post Emergence Herbicide Application on Late Sown Maize Crop Under Variable Planting Density

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Planting density (PD) is an important management practice that plays a crucial role in crop growth and weeds infestation. Weeds control methods also play an indispensable role to control the weeds infestation. Therefore, present study was conducted to determine the effect of different weed control methods and PD on growth, yield and quality of maize grown under semi-arid conditions. The study was comprised of weedy season, weed free, S-metalachlor @ 1920 g a.i. ha−1, S-metolachlor + atrazine @ 740 g a.i. ha−1 + 550 g a.i. ha−1, mesotrione + atrazine @ 687.5 g a.i. ha−1, S-metolachlor + atrazine @ 740 g a.i. ha−1 + 550 g a.i. ha−1 + mesotrione and atrazine @ 687.5 g and different PD; 12 and 20 cm. The results indicated that taller plants with maximum rows/cob, cob length, grains/cob, 1000 grain weight (GW), grain yield, biological yield and harvest index (HI) during both years was recorded in 20 cm apart plants with application of S-metolachlor + atrazine @ 740 g a.i. ha−1 + 550 g a.i. ha−1 + mesotrione and atrazine @ 687.5 g ha−1 and lowest yield and yield traits were observed in 12 cm spaces plants with fully weeds. However, lowest weed density and weeds biomass was recorded in 12 cm apart plants with l weed free followed by application of S-metolachlor + atrazine @ 740 g a.i. ha−1 + 550 g a.i. ha−1 + mesotrione and atrazine @ 687.5 g ha−1 and maximum weed density and weed biomass broad PD (12 cm) with weedy check. Additionally, maximum concentration of carbohydrate, protein and starch was also recorded in narrow PD (12 cm)) with application of S-metolachlor + atrazine @ 740 g a.i. ha−1 + 550 g a.i. ha−1 + mesotrione and atrazine @ 687.5 g and lowest concentration of carbohydrate, protein and starch was recorded in 12 cm spaced plants with weedy check. Therefore, combination of 20 cm spaced plants and application of S-metolachlor + atrazine @ 740 g a.i. ha−1 + 550 g a.i. ha−1 + mesotrione and atrazine @ 687 could be an promising approach to get better maize productivity in semi-arid regions.

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The authors are thankful to Dr. Muhammad Aamer for his suggestions to improve quality of work. The authors also extend their appreciation to the Deanship of Scientific Research, King Khalid University for supporting this work through research groups program under grant number R.G.P. 2/205/44.

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  1. Department of Agronomy, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Faisalabad, Pakistan

    Muhammad Talha Aslam, Rizwan Maqbool, Imran Khan, Muhammad Umer Chattha & Muhammad Zia Ul Haq

  2. Department of Agricultural Engineering, Khwaja Fareed University of Engineering and Information Technology, Rahim Yar Khan, 64200, Pakistan

    Muhammad Nawaz & Adnan Noor Shah

  3. Department of Biochemistry, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Faisalabad, Pakistan

    Muhammad Nauman Gulzar

  4. College of Science, Department of Biology, King Khalid University, 61413, Abha, Saudi Arabia

    Fatmah M. Alqahtani & Mohamed Hashem

  5. Research Center On Ecological Sciences, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang, 330045, China

    Muhammad Umair Hassan

  6. Department of Horticulture, Faculty of Agriculture Ataturk University, 25240, Erzurum, Türkiye

    Sezai Ercisli

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Aslam, M.T., Maqbool, R., Khan, I. et al. Efficacy of Different Pre and Post Emergence Herbicide Application on Late Sown Maize Crop Under Variable Planting Density. Int. J. Plant Prod. (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42106-024-00286-3

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