The experiment was conducted to evaluate the efficacy ofcombining clomazone + hexazinone and straw cover to control weeds in raw sugarcane area. The species Brachiaria decumbens, Ipomoea grandifolia, Ipomoea hederifolia and Euphorbia heterophylla were evaluated. The herbicide rate used was 2.2 kg ha-1 of the commercial product, corresponding to 880 and 220 g ha-1 of the active ingredients, clomazone and hexazinone, respectively. The treatments were: T1) seeding + 5 t ha-1 of straw + application + rain 30 mm (1 DAA); T2) seeding + rain (30 mm) + 5 t ha-1 of straw + application; T3) seeding + application + 5 t ha-1 of straw; T4) seeding + 5 t ha¹ of straw + rain (30 mm) + application (after 12h); T5) seeding + 5 t ha-1 of straw + application + rain 2.5 mm (after application); T6) seeding + application + rain (30 mm); T7) control without straw, and T8) control with 5 t ha-1 straw, totaling eight treatments with four replications in a randomized block design. A visual control evaluation was carried out at 6, 13, 21, 27 and 35 days after application (DAA). For the species B. decumbens, the best treatments observed were when the herbicide was applied directly on the soil, or not receiving a layer of straw on the ground and when it was applied on the layer of straw, with rainfall following application. For the species E. heterophylla, the results were quite satisfactory, providing averages of 98% of control, when rainfall occurred after herbicide application. In general, herbicide treatments in the absence or presence of straw, and subsequent rainfall and/or soil moisture, provided a full control of I. hederifolia, at 35 DAA. All treatments showed excellent control of the species I. grandifolia.
Saccharum spp.; sugarcane; herbicides
