Mburu, D. N.Micheni, AlfredKanampiu, FredMugai, NjueKihanda, Francis2015-02-062015-02-062014Int. J. of Agricultural Resources, Governance and Ecology, 2014 Vol.10, No.3, pp.257 - 2681741-50041462-4605http://www.inderscience.com/info/inarticle.php?artid=64001http://ir-library.ku.ac.ke/handle/123456789/12153DOI: 10.1504/IJARGE.2014.064001A three-season research study was conducted at Embu Agricultural Research Station farm to determine the effect of glyphosate-based herbicides on weeds management and maize (Zea mays L.) performance under zero-tillage conservation agriculture practice. Glyphosate herbicide sprays were prepared from Roundup Turbo product at the rate of 2.5 L ha−1 and Roundup Weathermax at 1.5, 2.5 and 3.0 L ha−1 rates. Significant (p ≤ 0.05) differences in weeds management were observed under the tested rate of Roundup Turbo compared to un-weeded control plots. The average grain yield from conventionally tilled plots was 3.6 t ha−1. This did not differ significantly from those of herbicide-managed plots. Low-grain yield (0.1 t ha−1) was observed from un-weeded plots compared to those from zero-tilled plots that had also exhibited significantly (p ≤ 0.05) higher net-benefits. The study concluded that the application of herbicides improves weeds control and maize performance.enzero tillageconventional tillageglyphosate herbicidesweed controlmaize performancenet benefitsweed managementconservation agricultureKenyaArticle