Soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.] is also known as golden/miracle/wonder bean crop because it contains 38-42% good quality protein, 18-20% oil, rich in polyunsaturated fatty acids, good amount of minerals (Ca, P, Mg, Fe and K) and vitamins especially B-complex and tocopherols. It provides high amounts of phyto-chemicals and good quality dietary fiber which enables to protect human body against cancers and diabetes (Chouhan, 2007). It plays a pivotal role in meeting the continuously increasing demand of the edible oil across the world; it contributes 25% in total edible oil production. In India, soybean has become a leading oilseed crop with 41.5% and 28.6% contribution towards the total oilseeds and edible oil production in the country during triennium average ending 2013-14

Chickpea is the one of the major pulse crop worldwide with multifarious role in human health and nutrition, improving soil health and fertility, crop rotation and agricultural sustainability. The demand of pulses in general and chickpea in particular is increasing with the increasing population. This paper aims to discuss the present scenario of chickpea cultivation in India and South Eastern Rajasthan to emphasize the integrated approach for raising production and productivity of chickpea in the country.

A field experiment was conducted at Agricultural Research Station, Kota during two consecutive kharif seasons (June to January) of each 2017-18 and 2018-19) to find out suitable combination compatibility between insecticides and foliar nutrients for enhancing productivity and profitability of pigeon pea. The experiment was laid out in RBD design comprising eight treatments with three replication and the variety was ICPL 88039. The soil of experimental field was clay loam in texture, alkaline in reaction, medium in organic carbon, available nitrogen, phosphorus and high in potash. On the basis of pooled analysis, the results revealed that application of RDF+multi-micronutrient (Zn 5.0%, Mn 2.0%, Fe 2.0%, Bo 0.5%, Cu 0.5% and Mo 0.05%) spray @ 2 ml l-1 at 50% flowering+Indoxacarb 15.8 EC @ 375 ml ha-1 at flowering+Dimethoate 30 EC @ 1.0 l ha-1 at 15 days after first spray recorded maximum and significantly higher pods plant-1 (179.0), grain yield (1767 kg ha-1), net return (` 70729 ha-1), B:C ratio (2.96) and minimum pod damage by pod borer (5.25%) and pod fly (5.39%). The treatment RDF+multi-micronutrient spray @ 2 ml l-1 at 50% flowering was next in order of efficacy and other parameters being statistically at par with RDF+1% urea+0.25% ZnSO4+0.25% borax spray at 50% flowering. Whereas, the treatment RDF (20 kg N, 50 kg P2O5, 20 kg S, 25 kg Zn ha-1) was found less effective in comparison to other treatments in all the parameters.

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A field experiment was conducted at Research Farm of Agricultural Research Station, Ummedganj, Kota (Agriculture University, Kota), Rajasthan, India during kharif 2019 to find out the most effective herbicide combination for limiting the menace of weeds in maize. Results showed that density of monocot weeds were observed more than dicot weeds during the experimentation. The prominent weeds were Echinochloa colona, Cyperus rotundus, Digera arvensis, Amaranthus viridis, Acalypha indica and Trianthema portulacastrum etc. caused about 58.3% reduction in grain yield as over two hand weeding at 20 and 40 DAS. In general, grassy weeds were better controlled by herbicides than broad leaves weeds. Among herbicides, maximum weed control efficiency (72.18%) was achieved with application of atrazine 500 g a.i. ha-1 (PE) followed by topramezone 25.2 g a.i. ha-1 at 20-25 DAS (72.18%) which is very close to two hand weeding at 20 and 40 DAS. Furthermore, this treatment also produced higher grain (3496 kg ha-1) and stover yield (6460 kg ha-1) which was at par with atrazine 500 g a.i. ha-1 (PE) followed by tembotrione 120.75 g a.i. ha-1 (20-25 DAS) and atrazine 500 g a.i. ha-1 (PE)+hand weeding 30 DAS with in-situ weeds mulching. Thus, pre-emergence application of atrazine 500 g a.i. ha-1 (PE) followed by topramezone 25.2 g a.i. ha-1 at 20-25 DAS is recommended for better weed control and yield of maize.