Prof. Karl Hurle, RK Malik, Jonny Gressel and Samunder Singh at the Indian Society of Weed Science Silver Jubilee International Symposium in Hisar, Haryana, 19 November 1993. First International Weed Science Meeting in India with participants from UK, USA, Italy, Germany, Israel, Iran, South Korea, Denmark, Canada and India (fb)

Paired row sowing (45 cm spaced 2 rows and one dripline in between) with drip irrigation (RHS) and treated with pendimethalin through drip in chickpea (after cotton harvest) provided 21 q/ha yield compared to chickpea after Mun bean (20 q/ha) and planted 2 weeks earlier (LHS) at farmers field in Hisar district of Haryana. State government provides subsidy on 120 cm driplines that is good only for cotton or sugarcane, but not for other closed spaced crops. Hence paired row sowing at 45 cm followed by 75 cm provide space for better growth of chickpea and fruiting bodies (lower insect pest infestation) and can be irrigated with drip to save water and nutrients plus added advantage of significant saving on herbicide volume applied through drip. (fb)