The objective of this work was to evaluate the effects of the herbicides [atrazine + oil (1.200 + 900 g ha-1, respectively) + nicosulfuron (28 g ha-1)] in a sprayer tank-mixture and in sequential applications of the insecticide chlorpirifos (240 g ha-1) on weeds and maize, as well as the effect of this mixture applied at different phenological stages of the crop. The maize hybrid used was P30F80. In two experiments, the treatments consisted in the application of chlorpirifos+ herbicide sprayer tank mixtures, or chlorpirifos applied one, two, three, four, and five days after the herbicide mixture; another experiment tested different herbicide application periods (two, four, and six unfolded leaves) on maize associated or not to chlorpirifos. The chlorpirifos+herbicide tank mixture was non-selective for maize. However, chlorpirifos did not interfere in the weed control efficiency of the herbicides in any of the application periods. Intervals longer than 5 days between the applications of chlorpirifos and the herbicide mixture were necessary to prevent maize intoxication by nicosulfuron. The application of the herbicides+ chlorpirifos mixture reduced height and dry mass of the maize plant, regardless of the phenological stage of the crop.
nicosulfuron; chlorpirifos; interaction
