An on –farm trial was conducted on various farmers field in different villages of Araria district during financial year 2016-17. This trail was conducted to overcome weed infestation during cultivation of chilli in farmers field. It leads to reduction in yield; quality of produce is inferior as compared to better quality produce, increased the cost of cultivation due to manual hand weeding by laborers and reduced the benefit cost ratio. The trial was conducted in randomized block design with three treatments and ten replications. The different treatments are Technology option -1 is farmers practice, Technology option2 is use of paddy straw as mulch and Technology option-3 is use of bicolor silver/black plastic 25 micron thickness as mulch material. |
