Major Weeds |
![Celosia argentena](images/sweetsorghum/Celosia argentena.jpg) |
![Cyanodon dactylon](images/sweetsorghum/Cyanodon dactylon.jpg) |
![Cyperus rotundus](images/sweetsorghum/Cyperus rotundus.jpg) |
Celosia argentena |
Cyanodon dactylon |
Cyperus rotundus |
![Dactyloctenium aegypticum](images/sweetsorghum/Dactyloctenium aegypticum.jpg) |
![Euphorbia hirta](images/sweetsorghum/Euphorbia hirta.jpg) |
![Leucas aspera](images/sweetsorghum/Leucas aspera.jpg) |
Dactyloctenium aegypticum |
Euphorbia hirta |
Leucas aspera |
![Phyllanthus niruri](images/sweetsorghum/Phyllanthus niruri.jpg) |
![Solanum nigrum](images/sweetsorghum/Solanum nigrum.jpg) |
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Phyllanthus niruri |
Solanum nigrum |
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Weed management
- Apply the pre-emergence herbicide Atrazine 50 WP – 500 gm /ha on 3 days after sowing followed by one hand weeding on 40-45 days after sowing may be given.
- If herbicides are not used, hand weed twice on 15-20 and 30-40 days after sowing.
Image Source:
-- www.agritech.tnau.ac.in
-- Dr.R.Jagannathan, Professor of Agronomy,
TNAU, Coimbatore-3. |