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Abstract: An experiment was conducted at the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
Agricultural University, Bangladesh during June to December 2002 to find out the
effective weed control practices in terms of weed dynamics, weed control
efficiency and the performance of transplanted aman rice. Fimbristylis
miliacea, Scirpus murconatus and Monochoria vaginalis were
found as dominant weed species in transplanted aman rice. Two times weeding was
found as the best practice to keep weed infestation at minimum level and to
ensure higher yield of transplanted aman rice. Other than weed free condition,
the highest grain yield (5.07 t ha-1) was produced in two hand
weeding and the lowest (2.46 t ha-1) was in unweeded condition. One
hand weeding at 25 DAT along with one mechanical weeding at around 40 DAT was
also found to be effective next to two hand weeding in these regards. Pre
emergence herbicide Refit 500 EC was not effective to keep weed infestation at
minimum level and to ensure higher yield of transplanted aman rice.