Revista Brasileira De Herbicidas 2013; 12(2): 112-123
Efficacy of Haloxyfop R (GR-142) herbicide isolated and associated to 2.4-D in maize hybrids RR® volunteer control
The volunteer corn Roundup Ready® has been effective managed by ACCase graminicides as burndown prior to sowing soybean. However, before crop installation, there are other glyphosate-tolerant weeds in the field such as Conyza sp., Commelina sp., Ipomoea sp., Spermacoce latifolia and Richardia brasiliensis. Thus, the tank mixture of ACCase inhibitor herbicides with 2.4-D, is increasing in this segment. The present study evaluated the efficacy of Haloxyfop (GF-142) isolated and with 2.4-D (DMA 806 BR®) to volunteer corn control sprayed at different stages. One trial was conducted in field conditions with the corn RR® hybrids as DKB240PRO 2, AG8025RR2, Pioneer30F53HR and AG9045RR2 using a randomized block design in a split-plot factorial 8×2+1 with four replications. The main factor was the rate of haloxyfop GF-142 (25, 50 and 62 g a.i. ha-1) and clethodim (84 g a.i. ha-1) with or without the herbicide 2.4-D (670 g a.e. ha-1). The second factor was the application on volunteer corn stage at V5 and V7. The herbicide GR-142 at 25, 50 and 62 g a.i. ha-1, alone or with 2.4-D, was effective to control the volunteer corn plant hybrids DKB 240 PRO2, RR2 AG 8025, AG 9045 and RR2 Pioneer 30F53HR at both V5 and V7 stages. The same result was observed with the standard clethodim, alone and mixed with 2.4-D. However, the control at the V7 stage was slight slower than at the V5 stage.
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