Research Article

Performance of Different Herbicides in Dry-Seeded Rice in Bangladesh

Table 8

Effect of weed control treatments on weed biomass (g m−2) at anthesis in the boro season. Weed biomass data were subjected to square-root transformation before analysis; original values are shown in parentheses.

Weed control treatmentsAnagalis arvensis Cyperus rotundus Cynodon dactylon Digitaria ciliaris Dactyloctenium aegyptium Echinochloa colona Eleusine indica Phyllanthus niruri Galinsoga ciliata Total weed biomass

Partial weedy7.10 (52)4.67 (21.7)3.65 (12.9)3.64 (13)4.12 (19)5.26 (27)3.16 (13)4.03 (16)7.44 (56.0)15.19 (230.2)
Oxadiargyl fb ethoxysulfuron0.71 (0.0)5.89 (35.3)6.59 (42.9)3.35 (11.1)0.71 (0.0)1.92 (6.1)0.71 (0.0)0.71 (0.0)2.85 (7.9)10.19 (103.3)
Pendimethalin fb ethoxysulfuron0.71 (0.0)6.64 (44.3)5.54 (30.3)3.82 (14.5)0.71 (0.0)2.75 (7.8)0.71 (0.0)2.60 (8.1)2.90 (8.1)10.66 (113.1)
Acetachlor + bensulfuranmethyl fb ethoxysulfuron0.71 (0.0)6.56 (43.7)6.16 (37.5)4.50 (20.3)0.71 (0.0)4.61 (21)0.71 (0.0)0.71 (0.0)0.71 (0.0)11.06 (122.8)
Pyrazosulfuron fb ethoxysulfuron0.71 (0.0)5.38 (27.7)6.15 (41.7)4.75 (22.1)2.10 (4.9)6.09 (39)4.09 (17)2.64 (6.5)0.71 (0.0)12.62 (158.9)
Oxadiargyl fb 1 HW at 35 DAS3.23 (10.1)6.07 (36.4)5.44 (29.1)2.51 (7.4)0.71 (0.0)2.59 (6.2)0.71 (0.0)0.71 (0.0)6.70 (44.4)11.58 (133.7)
Pendimethalin fb 1 HW at 35 DAS3.30 (11)6.75 (45.3)4.55 (20.6)3.41 (11.3)0.71 (0.0)2.26 (4.8)0.71 (0.0)2.34 (5.6)6.64 (44.1)11.96 (142.7)
Acetachlor + bensulfuraonmethyl fb 1 HW at 35 DAS3.92 (14.9)6.18 (38.4)4.86 (24.4)3.73 (18.3)0.71 (0.0)2.99 (8.9)0.71 (0.0)0.71 (0.0)5.30 (28.3)11.56 (133.2)
Pyrazosulfuron fb 1 HW at 35 DAS0.71 (0.0)5.03 (24.8)5.31 (28.5)5.61 (31.8)3.70 (13.2)5.98 (38.5)3.62 (13.1)2.57 (6.2)6.28 (39)13.97 (195.1)
LSD0.051.111.90NSNS1.232.451.341.301.551.24
value<0.0010.0060.150.11<0.0010.001<0.001<0.001<0.001<0.001

DAS: days after sowing; fb: followed by; HW: hand weeding; LSD: least significant difference at 5% level of significance; : probability.