The aim of this study was to evaluate the residual activity of the prepackage mix of the herbicide Only (imazethapyr+imazapic) in a Clearfield (CL) rice production system during one, two or three rice seasons. The study was carried out in the field at Centro Agropecuário da Palma/Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, southern Brazil. Ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum) was planted after CL rice, cv. IRGA 422 CL. CL rice was considered as the main crop (summer) and ryegrass was planted following CL rice. The experimental design was a randomized complete block, with four replications. The treatments were arranged as a factorial: factor A, during the same season, compared herbicide residues during one, two or three years of CL rice and factor B, for herbicide rates. Herbicide (imazethapyr+imazapic) was applied at (0; 25+75; 37,5+112,5; 50+150) g ha-1 with surfactant Dash being added at 0.5% v/v. The results showed interaction between CL rice seasons and the herbicide rate for the variables plant height and biomass. All variables tested were affected by herbicide (imazethapyr+imazapic) residue and the effect was more severe at higher rates. Grain weight and germination percentage were only affected by the herbicide rates. The results showed also that the residue of herbicides (imazethapyr+imazapic) applied to CL rice may stay in the soil and affect ryegrass plants cultivated following CL rice. CL rice production system with herbicides (imazethapyr+imazapic) requires periods longer than 180 days for planting ryegrass as a successional crop.
red rice; Clearfield® rice; imidazolinones; soil persistence
