The tolerance of peruvian carrot to post-emergence herbicides was evaluated. Three pre-rooted uniform seedlings were grown in 5-liter pots with Red Yellow Podzolic Cambic soil, terrace phase, collected from a 0-20 cm depth layer The experimental design was a 13 x 3 factorial arrangement [twelve herbicides, a control without herbicide, and three herbicide doses (low, medium and high)] with 39 treatments distributed in randomized blocks, with three repetitions. The herbicide doses (g ha-1) were: bentazon (600, 720, and 960), clethodim (84, 96, and 108), fenoxaprop-p-ethyl (68, 90, and 110), flazasulfuron (50, 75, and 100), fluazifop-p-butyl (94, 187, and 250), halosulfuron (75, 112, and 150), imazamox (28, 35, and 42), linuron (900, 1,350, and 1,800), oxadiazon (500, 750, and 1,000), propaquizafop (100, 125, and 150), sethoxydin (184, 230, and 276), and ammonium-glufosinate (200, 300, and 400). The plants were harvested at 49 days after treatment application (DAA). The herbicides halosulfuron, flazasulfuron, imazamox and bentazon caused high toxicity and damage to the crop, being non-selective for Peruvian carrot. Low and medium doses of linuron and oxadiazon, and low dose of ammonium-glufosinate caused toxicity just after spraying, but the crop showed good recovery from 28 DAA. Fluazifop-p-butyl was selective in low doses. Clethodim, fenoxaprop-p-ethyl, propaquizafop, and sethoxydin were the most selective to Peruvian carrot.
Arracacia xanthorrhiza; peruvian carrot; selectivity
