Two trials were carried out under greenhouse conditions to evaluate the efficacy of glyphosate on Digitaria insularis plants when urea (U; 5 g L-1); ammonium sulfate (AMS; 15 g L-1) or U+AMS (2.5 + 7.5 g L-1) were used as spray solutions. At 28 days after application, according to dose-response curves (first trial), 409 g ha-1 of glyphosate application were necessary to obtain 50% of weed control (C50) when water without adjuvants was used as spray solution. To reach the same 50% of weed control, glyphosate rates were reduced to 373, 208 and 189 g ha-1, when the herbicide was sprayed using a solution of U, AMS or U+AMS, respectively. Reduction in the dose of glyphosate combined with U+AMS was also observed for controls of 80% (C80). In the second trial, the addition of U+SA to glyphosate spray solution increased the control obtained at the lowest glyphosate rate (360 g ha-1), leveling it to the highest rate application (720 g ha-1) without adjuvants. These results show the complementary action of U and AMS to increase glyphosate efficacy to control D. insularis.
Digitaria insularis; dose-response curve; desiccation; nitrogen
