EFFICACY OF PROMETRYN HERBICIDE FOR WEED MANAGEMENT IN POTATO UNDER SATPURA ZONE OF MADHYA PRADESH

nutrients, solar radiation, moisture and space and thereby reduce crop yield. The losses in yield range from 31 to 51% due to unchecked weed growth in potato (1, 2). Removing weeds manually is time consuming, expensive and some times difficult due to non availability of labourers at peak season (4). Chemical weeding is easier, time saving and economical as compared to manual weeding, thereby, it is the need of the hour. Prometryn is available in the market and has been tested for weed control (1, 2, 3, 4, 5). Keeping this in view present investigation was under taken to study the effect of prometryn herbicide on yield and economics of potato in Satpura zone of Madhya Pradesh.