Efficiency and selectivity of lactofen mixed with other broadleaf herbicides in the control of weeds in soybean

Abstract

An experiment was carried out with the objective to evaluate the efficiency and selectivity of lactofen in conbination with other herbicides in the control of weeds and to study the effects of the mixtures on some soybean characteristics. The experimental design was a randomized complete block, with ten treatrnents and four replications. Treatrnents were: oxasulfuron (45 g/ha), oxasulfuron +lactofen (37.5+96.0 and 45.0+96.0 g/ha), c1oransulam-methyl + lactofen (29.4+96.0 and 37.8+96.0 g/ha), and two controls ( with and without hoeing). Ipomoea grandifolia, Sida rhombifolia and Commelina benghalensis were efficiently controlled by the combination of oxasulfuron + lactofen, c1oransulam-methyl + lactofen and chlorimuronethyl + lactofen, with more than 82% control at 45 days after treatrnents. Herbicides aplied alone (not in combination) except Revista Brasileira de Herbicidas v.l, n.I, 2000 79 Antônio Carlos de Barros for cloransulam-methyl, did not give good weed control. Treatrnents did not influence soybean height, first pod insertion height and final stand. Weeds dry weight was higher in the control without hoeing. There was no productivity difference between the treatrnents with herbicides; however, the interference ofweeds in the control without hoeing decreased productivity in 22% compared to the productivity in the treatrnent chlorimuron-ethyl + lactofen (10+96 g/ha).