This work aimed to study the effect of different amounts of sugar cane straw, collected unburned, on the efficacy of some herbicides recommended for this culture. The experiment was carried out in the field, at the Centro de Ciências Agrárias/UFSCar, Araras, SP. The treatments consisted of herbicides trifloxysulfuron-sodium + ametryn (1,463 + 37 g a.i ha-1), imazapic (84 g a.i ha-1), imazapyr (200 g a.i ha-1), diuron + hexazinone (1,170 + 330 g a.i ha ¹) and ²diuron + hexazinone (1,330 + 160 g a.i ha-1) applied in pre emergence of Euphorbia heterophylla and five increasing amounts of sugar cane straw ( 0, 5, 10, 15 and 20 t ha-1).Weed control efficacy was evaluated on 7, 14, 21 and 28 days after treatments (DAT). Straw (15 and 20 t ha-1) reduced the population of E. heterophylla. As the amount of straw increased, herbicide effectiveness decreased; with 15 t ha-1 straw, control was satisfactory (90%) only for the treatments ¹diuron + hexazinone and trifloxysulfuron-sodium + ametryn. With 20 t ha-1 straw, no herbicide was effective; however, in this case, straw was efficient in suppressing this species, since the number of emerged plants was smaller, even in the plots without herbicide.
mulching; wild poinsettia; chemical control; Saccharum spp
