The presented field trial was conducted in 1995 in Piraí do Sul, Paraná State, Brazil, on a sand-clay texture soil, to evaluate the efficiency and selectivity of propaquizafop on carrot crop weed control. The experiment was laid out in a randomized block design with six treatments and four replications, and 5.00 x 1.00 m plots. The treatmens were: propaquizafop (100, 125 and 150 g a.i/ha); fluazifop-p-butil (188 g a.i/ha); control with weeding and control without weeding. The carrot cultivar Nantes Tim Tom was sown on June 15 with plants spaced 0.25 x 0.05 m. The prevalent weeds were Brachiaria plantaginea (capim-papuã), Digitaria horizontalis (capim-milhã) and Eleusine indica (capim pé-de-galinha). Evaluations were carried out at 15, 30 and 45 days after treatment applications. The herbicide propaquizafop, at doses 100, 125 and 150 g a.i/ha, was efficient in control of capim-papuã, capim-milhã and capim pé-de-galinha. Weed control using herbicides resulted in the same production when compared to manual control. Production losses due to the presence of weeds was 76.4%. Carrot plants did not show any visual symptoms of damage attributed to herbicide applications.
Daucus carota L.; herbicides; chemical control
