This work aimed to evaluate the susceptibility of five Amaranthus genus weed species to herbicides applied post-emergence. The species evaluated were: A. deflexus, A. hybridus, A. retroflexus, A. spinosus and A. viridis. The work was divided into two phases. In the first phase, weed species were submitted to post-emergence application of 12 herbicide treatments. In the second phase, the herbicides trifloxysulfuron-sodium and chlorimuron-ethyl were evaluated using the methodology of dose-response curves, repeated twice. The herbicides were applied on plants with 5-6 leaves and the rates used in the second phase were: 16R, 4R, R, 1/4R, 1/16R, 1/64R and product absence, where R is the recommended rate for each herbicide. The rates used (R) were 3.75 and 7.5 g ha-1 for trifloxysulfuron and 12.5 e 17.5 g ha-1 for chlorimuron, in the first and second phase, respectively. In the first phase, percent control and dry mass of the pots at 20 days after application (DAA) were evaluated; in the second phase, percent control was evaluated at 20 DAA. The species of Amaranthus that were evaluated presented in this work presented differences of susceptibility to postemergence applied herbicides, principally to trifloxysulfuron and chlorimuron, with A. deflexus being the least susceptible species, followed by A. spinosus, A. viridis, A. hybridus and A. retroflexus.
pigweed; control; cotton; soybean; dose-response
