The herbicides that use the Clearfield Rice System can persist in the environment and damage non-tolerant rice sowing in rotation. This damage can variable in intensity, depending on, among other factors, of the upward movement of the herbicide to the absorption region of the plant root system. The aim of this research was to verify the effect of the height of the water table in upward movement of the herbicide in intact soil cores. Intact soil cores were collected with PVC tubes 15cm in diameter and 30cm deep. The herbicide was applied on the bottom of the samples, and it was simulated water table depths (0, 5, 10, 15 and 25cm of the soil surface). The intact samples remained in this condition for a period of 150 days, when they were cut into 5cm slices (0-5 a 25-30cm) and bioassay were performed with the non-tolerant rice cultivar. With the results it was conclude that there is upward movement of the formulated mixture of imazethapyr and imazapic herbicides along the paddy soil profile during the fallow and this transport is greater when the water table is located closer to the soil surface. The upward movement by dilution of the herbicide in the soil solution occurs by mass flow through the water transported by capillarity to superficial sites of soil.
rice; residual effect; herbicide; leaching
