The objective of this work was to evaluate the efficacy and selectivity of the herbicides chlorimuron-ethyl and imazethapyr associated to glyphosate in controlling weeds on Roundup Ready (RR®) soybean crop. The experiment was carried out at the COMIGO Technological Center in Rio Verde-GO, during the 2005/2006-crop season. The variety used was Monsoy 7878 which had 18 seeds mechanically distributed per meter. The rows were spaced by 0.50 m. The experiment was arranged in a completely randomized block design with four replications for each treatment. Glyphosate doses (480, 960 and 1.440 g ha-1), applied alone, did not cause plant toxicity nor reduced height and biomass accumulation of RR® soybean plants. However, the addition of the herbicides imazethapyr and chlorimuron-ethyl to glyphosate caused plant toxicity in the soybean RR® plants, though at an acceptable degree. The symptoms caused by imazethapyr were more severe than those caused by chlorimuron-ethyl. The association of imazethapyr and glyphosate led to reduced height and biomass. The application of glyphosate alone at doses 480, 960 and 1.440 g ha-1, did not exert sufficient control over Euphorbia heterophylla, Commelina benghalensis, Chamaesyce hirta, Leucas martinicensis and Ipomoea grandifolia. Despite increasing control of most of the weeds, chlorimuron-ethyl and imazethapyr addition did not promote increased yield when applied on the RR® soybean crop.
glyphosate; Glycine max; weeds; toxicity
