Rice is an important food crop extensively grown in India. Several factors are responsible for reducing the rice productivity in worldwide. However, weed infestation is the major biotic threat to productivity of transplanted rice. Weeds are competed with rice by their high adaptability and faster growth, dominate the crop habitat and reduce the yield potential of rice. Weed management is an important agro-technique for successful transplanted rice cultivation. It can be achieved, either manual or mechanical or chemical weed control methods. Even though, hand weeding is an effective method of weed management, scarcity of labour and cost of weeding force the farmers to depend on chemical weed management. Herbicides offer the most effective, economical and practical way of weed management. | Weed management in transplanted rice through pre plant application of herbicides A review
