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Rice cultivation with ducks possibly offers biological assistance ,and efficient control of weeds. Present research was conducted to trace the the viability of coordinating duck in rice cultivation for controlling weed pervasions and their effects on efficiency and economic output of the framework. Examination on variety of weeds showed that lush weeds (Echinochola colona, Echinochola crusgalli) and sedges (Cyperus difformis, Cyperus iria, Fimbristylis miliaceae) were predominant in rice during tillering stages, while broad leaved weeds (Ludwigia adscendens, Sphenoclea zeylanica) and aquatic weeds (Marsilia quadrifolia, Hydrilla verticillata) were abundant during dynamic tillering and panicle commencement phases of rice. For two years in a row, field research was done at the experimental farm of Bharath University to trace the impact of duck integration in the transplanted rice crop. The purpose of the experiment was to trace the impact of duck integration performed in three different scenarios: duck herding in puddled fields, duck herding in transplanted fields, and duck herding in both transplanted and puddled fields. The field study was set up using a split plot design with three sub treatments that were replicated three times. All of the treatments utilizing different duck integration techniques led to significantly higher grain and straw yields as well as corresponding reductions in weed metrics attribute to the interactions that result from herding ducks. Duck herding under all procedures involving diverse duck integration techniques dramatically boosted grain and straw yield while concurrently lowering weed characteristics. The interactions that result from herding ducks, the overall weed population was lowered by the combined effects of duck herding in cropped and puddled conditions, cono-weeding, and one-handed weeding, recording 5.77 and 5.67 per m2 during I and II season, respectively. Similarly crop DMP, grain yield and straw yield increased by 15.03 t ha-1, 4.34 t ha-1, and 7.29 t ha-1 during the first season, and 15.3 t ha-1, 4.88 t ha-1, 7.58 t ha-1 during the second season respectively due to duck integration in rice production