Thorough puddling, proper levelling and irrigation management control germination and growth of weeds. Working with rotary weeder (push hoe) in line planting rice at 20,30 and 40 days of crop growth. Manual weeding (common practice) in random planting rice at 20 and 30 days after transplanting. Manual weeding is costly and also due to non-availability of labor now-a-days,other methods of weed control gaining importance.

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