RESEARCH PAPER Abstract : A field experiment entitled, “Integrated weed management in Kharif maize (Zea mays L.)” was conducted during Kharif, 2020 at Post Graduate Research Farm, RCSM College of Agriculture, Kolhapur. The experiment was laid out in Randomized Block Design (RBD) having three replications and twelve treatments. The soil of the experimental plot was medium black clay (vertisol) with 90 cm depth, low in available N (250 kg ha -1 ), high in available P 2 O 5 (30.60 kg ha -1 ) and medium in available K 2 O (290.67 kg ha - 1 ). The status of organic carbon content (0.34%) was low. The electrical conductivity and pH values were 4.2 dSm -1 and 7.10, respectively.Weed free check and tank mixure application of Tembotrinone 42 SC @ 120gm a.i.ha -1 + Atrazine 50 WP @ 500 gm a.i.ha -1 + surfactant @ 2ml/l of water EPoE At 20-25 DAS + fb hand weeding at 40 DAS were on par with each other and recorded significantly the higher growth and yield contributing characters viz., plant height (cm), number of functional leaves plant -1 , leaf area plant -1 (dm 2 ), dry matter plant -1 (g), length of cob (cm), diameter of cob(cm), number of grains, weight of grains cob -1 and test weight resulting into significant increase in grain and straw yields of maize as compared to remaining weed management treatments. Tank mixure application of Tembotrinone 42 SC @ 120gm a.i.ha -1 + Atrazine 50 WP @ 500 gm a.i.ha -1 + surfactant @ 2ml/l of water EPoE At 20-25 DAS + fb hand weeding at 40 DAS recorded minimum dry weight of weed, highest weed control efficiency (86.94 %) and lowest weed index (1.79%).Significantly lowest values for growth, yield and yield attributes as well as weed control efficiency was observed in weedy check treatment. Key Words : Tembotrione, Tank mixture, Weed dry weight View Point Article : Bade, A.S., Patil, J.B., Shinde, R.H., Sarwar, I. and Bavdekar, V.R. (2021). Influence of integrated weed management on growth and yield of Kharif maize (Zea mays L.). Internat. J. agric. Sci., 17 (AAEBSSD) : 292-296, DOI:10.15740/HAS/IJAS/17-AAEBSSD/ 292-296. Copyright@2021: Hind Agri-Horticultural Society. Article History : Received : 01.08.2021; Accepted : 04.08.2021 Influence of integrated weed management on growth and yield of Kharif maize (Zea mays L.) A. S. Bade, J. B. Patil*, R. H. Shinde, I. Sarwar and V. R. Bavdekar 1 Department of Agronomy, RCSM College of Agriculture, Kolhapur (M.S.) India (Email: patiljb1976@gmail.com) INTRODUCTION Maize belongs to the family of grasses (Poaceae). It is cultivated globally being one of the most important cereal crops worldwide. Maize is not only an important food crop for human consumption, but also a basic element used as animal found raw material for *Author for correspondence: 1 Department of Statistics, RCSM College of Agriculture, Kolhapur (M.S.) India manufacturing of many industrial products. The products include corn starch, maltodextrins, corn oil, corn syrup, and products of fermentation and distallaries.It is also being recently used in the production of biofuel. Maize can be grown successfully in variety of soils ranging from loamy sand to clay loam. However, soils with good organic International Journal of Agricultural Sciences Volume 17 | AAEBSSD | 2021 | 292-296  ISSN : 0973–130X  DOI:10.15740/HAS/IJAS/17-AAEBSSD/292-296 Visit us : www.researchjournal.co.in Click www.researchjournal.co.in/online/subdetail.html to purchase.