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A field experiment was conducted during the summer seasons of 2013 and 2014 in Vertisol soil to evaluate the fruit yield and weed dynamics influenced by weed management practices at the College Farm, N.M. College of Agriculture, Navsari Agricultural University, Navsari. Results showed that three hand weeding (HW) at 20, 40 and 60 days after sowing (DAS) recorded significantly higher weed control efficiency with minimum weed population. All growth and yield attributes were significantly higher under three HW at 20, 40 and 60 DAS. Consequently, higher fruit yield (16.78 t/ha) was also registered with three HW at 20, 40 and 60 DAS and remained at par with two HW at 20 and 40 DAS and pendimethalin 1.0 kg/ha as pre-emergence + quizalofop-ethyl 0.04 kg/ha at 30 DAS. For achieving higher and profitable fruit yield, two HW at 20 and 40 DAS found appropriate. However, under a scarce labour situation, application of pendimethalin 1.0 kg/ha as pre-emergence + quizalofop-ethyl 0.04 kg/ha at 30 DAS was also found remunerative.

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