Influence of Nutrient and Weed Management on Zn and S Uptake by Crop and weeds in Mustard

A field experiment was conducted in rabi season 2018-2019 and 2019-2020 at Research farm of Bihar Agricultural College, Sabour to study the effect of nutrient levels and weed management on zinc and sulphur uptake by crop and weeds in mustard. This experiment consisted of three nutrient levels (N1-soil test-based recommended dose of fertilizer (RDF), N2-100 % RDF, N3-125 % RDF) in main plot; eight weed management practices (W1-Weedy, W2- Hand weeding (HW), W3-pendimethalin, W4-pendimethalin followed by (fb) quizalofop, W5-pendimethalin fb clodinafop, W6-oxyflourfen, W7-oxyflourfen fb quizalofop, W8-oxyflourfen fb clodinafop) in sub plots, was laid out in split plot design. Results indicated that in both the years 2018-19 and 2019-20, hand weeding at 25 and 50 DAS along with 125% RDF exhibited minimum Zn uptake by weeds. Among herbicides, application of pendimethalin 30 EC 1.0 kg a.i. ha-1 PE fb quizalofop 5 EC 60 g a.i. ha-1 PoE along with 125% RDF exhibited lowest Zn uptake by weeds. In both the years 2018-19 and 2019-20, hand weeding at 25 and 50 DAS along with 125% RDF recorded minimum S uptake by weeds. Lowest S uptake by weeds was noted under application of pendimethalin 30 EC 1.0 kg a.i. ha-1 PE fb quizalofop 5 EC 60 g a.i. ha-1 PoE along with 125% RDF. In 2018-2019, Zn uptake by mustard was maximum under 125% RDF being at par with soil test-based RDF and was superior over 100% RDF. Hand weeding at 25 and 50 DAS exhibited highest Zn uptake by mustard. Maximum Zn uptake by mustard was noted with pendimethalin 30 EC 1.0 kg a.i. ha-1 PE fb quizalofop 5 EC 60 g a.i. ha-1 PoE. In 2019-2020, hand weeding at 25 and 50 DAS along with 125% RDF exhibited highest Zn uptake by mustard. Among herbicides, application of pendimethalin 30 EC @ 1.0 kg a.i. ha-1 PE fb clodinafop 15 WP @ 60 g a.i. ha-1 PoE along with 125% RDF registered highest Zn uptake by mustard. In 2018-2019, hand weeding at 25 and 50 DAS exhibited highest S uptake by mustard. Maximum S uptake by mustard was recorded with pendimethalin 30 EC 1.0 kg a.i. ha-1 PE fb quizalofop 5 EC 60 g a.i. ha-1 PoE. In 2019-2020, although hand weeding at 25 and 50 DAS along with 125% RDF exhibited highest S uptake by mustard, however, pendimethalin 30 EC 1.0 kg a.i. ha-1 PE fb quizalofop 5 EC 60 g a.i. ha-1 PoE along with 125% RDF registered highest S uptake by mustard.