ABSTRACT
This study was conducted to evaluate the efficacy of joyweed (Alternanthera tenella) control and antagonistic or synergistic potentials of saflufenacil herbicide applied alone or tank mixed with paraquat, metribuzin and clomazone. The experiment was conducted in a greenhouse in a completely randomized design with four replications. Treatments consisted of saflufenacil herbicide doses (0, 0.4, 0.7, 1.4, 2.1 and 2.8 g ha-1) applied isolated or associated with paraquat (0, 1 and 3 g ha-1), metribuzin (0, 38.4 and 105.6 g ha-1) or clomazone (0, 288 and 504 g ha-1). Visual control was determined at 14 and 21 days after spraying the herbicides (DAA) and shoots dry matter at 21 DAA. Colby's method was used to calculate the response from herbicide interactions. Saflufenacil associations with paraquat and metribuzin were promising to control A. tenella, due to the high levels of control achieved and because they demonstrated compatibility, especially in some combinations. Tank mixing saflufenacil with clomazone was not promising for the control of A. tenella due to the low efficacy of joyweed control and because it demonstrated herbicide incompatibility.
Keywords:
Alternanthera tenella; tank mixture; protox inhibitors; photosystem I inhibitors; photosystem II inhibitors; carotenoids synthesis inhibitors
