Revista Brasileira De Herbicidas 2002; 3(2-3): 145-154
Weed management in corn with the herbicides sulfentrazone and carfentrazone-ethyl
Experiments were carried out with the objective of evaluating the weed management in com, spraying the herbicide sulfentrazone in pre-emergence conditions, alone or in combination with acetochlor and carfentrazone-ethyl herbicides in post-emergence conditions alone or in tank mix either with atrazine or nicosulfuron. The experiments were in completely randomized block design, with four replicates, in Piracicaba 1 SP, Brazil, in the experimental area of the Crop Production Department from University of São Paulo – ESALQ/USP. The weed control and the phytotoxic effects on the crop were evaluated as well as the final yield and plant height. The herbicide sulfentrazone was efficient in weed controI and selective to com crop sprayed in pre-emergence conditions at 0.15,0.30 and 0.45 kg/ha alone or when the same rates were applied in mixture with the herbicide acetochlor at 2.52 kglha; in post-emergence ofthe com crop the herbicide carfentrazone-ethyl was selective and efficient in the control ofweeds at the rates ofO.004 e 0.007 kg/ha, sprayed aIone or tank mix either with atrazine at 2.5 kg/ha, when the weeds are at the two pair of leaves growth stage; or with the herbicide nicosulfuron at the rate of 0.04 kg/ha, when the weeds are at the four pair of leaves stage.
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