The objective of this work was to evaluate the selectivity and absorption of sulfentrazone in clones of eucalyptus. The first experiment was set up in a greenhouse in a completely randomized design in a factorial 2 x 4, with two rates of sulfentrazone (400 and 600 g ha-1) and four clones of eucalyptus, hybrids of Eucalyptus grandis x E. urophylla (FB1, FB2, FB3, FB4), with four replications. Visual evaluations of intoxication of the eucalyptus plants were carried out and the dry mass of the plants was determined at the end of the study. In the second experiment, the same clones of eucalyptus were placed in falcon tubes with 50 mL of sulfentrazone at a concentration of 129 Mm, remaining for 24 hours until the extraction of xylem sap plant through a pressure pump. The concentration of sulfentrazone in the sap of the plants was determined by liquid chromatography and mass spectrometry. Clone FB3 showed greater dry mass reduction in relation to the other clones, and this reduction can be directly associated with the high levels of phytotoxicity observed. Clone FB2 presented high levels of intoxication, but did not show high dry mass reduction. The concentrations of sulfentrazone absorbed by the plants were proportional to the reductions in dry mass, indicating that variations in the selective eucalyptus clones may be related to the differentiated absorption of the herbicide.
Eucalyptus spp.; phytointoxication; herbicide
