Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) Yield and Yield Components as Influenced by Herbicide Application in Kaffa Zone, Southwestern Ethiopia

Table 5

Effect of weed control treatments on parameters for weed control in 2020 main cropping season.

Treatments	WCE (%)	WI (%)	HEI (%)
0.5 kg ha^−1 2,4-D amine salt + one HW	76.60^g	48.8^bc	2.78^cde
1 kg ha^−1 2,4-D amine salt + one HW	84.30^f	40.79^bcd	6.00^bcde
1.5 kg ha^−1 2,4-D amine salt + one HW	89.43^d	31.05^de	11.64^b
0.4 kg ha^−1 pyroxsulam + one HW	85.50^f	35.11^de	7.73^bcd
0.5 kg ha^−1 pyroxsulam + one HW	91.40^c	16.56^f	20.09^a
0.6 kg ha^−1 pyroxsulam + one HW	92.53^bc	23.25^ef	20.35^a
0.5 kg ha^−1 clodinafop-propargyl 6% + fluroxypyr 12% + one HW	87.00^e	36.61^cd	8.38^bc
0.75 kg ha^−1 clodinafop-propargyl 6% + fluroxypyr 12% + one HW	92.75^bc	17.69^f	23.22^a
1 kg ha^−1 clodinafop-propargyl 6% + fluroxypyr 12% + one HW	93.30^b	14.18^f	27.06^a
1 kg ha^−1 2,4-D amine salt	44.03^k	51.63^b	0.98^de
0.75 kg ha^−1 clodinafop-propargyl 6% + fluroxypyr 12%	54.53^j	32.57^de	2.58^cde
0.5 kg ha^−1 pyroxsulam	68.20^i	32.45^de	3.67^cde
Two HW 30 and 45 days after emergence	73.80^h	16.28^f	-
Weed-free check	100^a	-	-
Weedy check (unweeded)	-	68.59^a	-
LSD (5%)	1.46	12.68	6.99
CV (%)	1.16	24.44	14.23

Approach observed by using the identical letter is not notably one of a kind at 5% level of significance. CV, coefficient of variation; LSD, least significance difference; HW, hand weeding; WI, weed index; HEI, herbicide efficiency index; WCE, weed control efficiency.