Table 9.
Grain yield and net benefit in precision broadcast-DSR with a combination of seed rate and weed management practices (Experiment III).
| Grain yield (t ha−1) |
Net benefit (US$ ha−1) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Treatments | Mayurbhanj (R = 19) | Puri (R = 5) | Bhadrak (R = 5) | Mayurbhanj (R = 19) | Puri (R = 5) | Bhadrak (R = 5) |
| T1: SR100+Beushening | 3.49 c | 3.12 c | 4.97 b | 214 d | 156 c | 652 b |
| T2: SR100+PRE + POST+HW | 3.88 b | 3.80 b | 4.42 c | 354 c | 349 b | 591 b |
| T3: SR60+PRE + POST+HW | 4.78 a | 4.42 a | 5.26 ab | 567 a | 489 a | 787 a |
| T4: SR60+POST+HW | 4.05 b | 4.28 a | 5.60 a | 401 b | 449 a | 894 a |
| LSD0.05 | 0.26 | 0.4 | 0.54 | 43 | 94 | 125 |
Means within a column for a variable followed by the same letter are not different using LSD test at P ≤ 0.05.
SR100 = seed rate at 100 kg ha−1; SR60= seed rate at 60 kg ha−1; PRE = pre-emergence herbicide; POST = post-emergence herbicide; HW = hand weeding.