Evaluation of Different Weed Management Practices on the Yield of Spring Maize in Gauradaha, Jhapa

Maize is more likely to have weed infestations due its steady early growth rate and extensive row spacing, which favor development even before crop emergence. As a result, there prevails strong correlation between density maize yield. An experiment was conducted at the Gauradaha Agriculture Campus, Jhapa, in spring of 2022 assess effect various control methods on The had three replications eight treatments (control, cover crops, hand weeding intervals 15 days, botanical weedicides, inorganic black plastic mulch, straw small inter-row spacing). number cobs per hectare, sterility%, shelling% were not significantly affected by treatments. use mulching for management achieved higher numbers grain/cob (427.83), row/cob (13.40), weight (153.33gm), test weight, yield (8.46t/ha). Similarly, lowest recorded T8 (111), i.e., spacing plot. While observed T4, weedicides (3.20). This study found that positive impact majority yield-attributing indicators maize, could be helpful weed-control strategies.