Herbicidal compositions containing bentazon and ALS inhibitor and ACCase inhibitor
Herbicidal compositions comprising (a) bentazon-sodium and (b) an ALS inhibitor and (c) an ACCase inhibitor controls susceptible and resistant weeds in crops, e.g., rice, wheat, barley, oats, rye, sorghum, corn/maize, pastures, grasslands, rangelands, fallowland, turf, tree and vine orchards and IVM, but also additionally in ALS and ACC'ase tolerant crops.
1. A syngergistic herbicidal composition comprising three herbicidal active ingredients, wherein the herbicidal active ingredients consist of bentazon-sodium, an ALS inhibitor, and an ACCase inhibitor.
2. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the ALS inhibitor is penoxsulam, bispyribac-sodium, azimsulfuron, bensulfuron-methyl, chloransulam, cinosulfuron, diclosulam, ethoxysulfuron, flazasulfuron, florasulam, flumetsulam, halosulfuron-methyl, imazamox, imazethapyr, imazosulfuron, iofensulfuron, metazosulfuron, metsulfuron-methyl, orthosulfamuron, propyrisulfuron, pyrazosulfuron-ethyl, pyribenzoxim, pyriftalid, pyriminobac-methyl, pyrimisulfan, pyroxsulam or triafamone.
3. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the ACCase inhibitor is cyhalofop-butyl, fenoxaprop-P-ethyl, clodinafop-propyrgyl, diclofop-methyl, fluazifop-P-butyl, haloxyfop-methyl, propaquizafop, quizalofop-P-ethyl, clethodim, cycloxydim, profoxydim, sethoxydim, tepraloxydim, tralkoxydim or pinoxaden.
4. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the ALS inhibitor is penoxsulam and the ACCase inhibitor is cyhalofop butyl.
5. The composition of claim 4 , wherein the weight ratio of (a) bentazon-sodium to (b) penoxsulam to (c) cyhalofop-butyl is (a) 50-150 to (b) 0.5-1.5 to (c) 4-40.
6. The composition of claim 4 , wherein the weight ratio of (a) bentazon-sodium to (b) penoxsulam to (c) cyhalofop-butyl is (a) 70-90 to (b) 1 to (c) 8-23.
7. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the ALS inhibitor is penoxsulam and the ACCase inhibitor is fenoxaprop-P-ethyl.
8. The composition of claim 7 , wherein the weight ratio of (a) bentazon-sodium to (b) penoxsulam to (c) fenoxaprop-P-ethyl is (a) 50-100 to (b) 0.5-1.5 to (c) 0.5-1.5.
9. The composition of claim 7 , wherein the weight ratio of (a) bentazon-sodium to (b) penoxsulam to (c) fenoxaprop-P-ethyl is (a) 75 to (b) 1 to (c) 1.
10. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the ALS inhibitor is bispyribac-sodium and the ACCase inhibitor is cyhalofop-butyl.
11. The composition of claim 10 , wherein the weight ratio of (a) bentazon-sodium to (b) bispyribac-sodium to (c) cyhalofop-butyl is (a) 25-75 to (b) 0.5-1.5 to (c) 10-20.
12. The composition of claim 10 , wherein the weight ratio of (a) bentazon-sodium to (b) bispyribac-sodium to (c) cyhalofop-butyl is (a) 56 to (b) 1 to (c) 19.
13. The composition of claim 1 , further comprising an agriculturally acceptable adjuvant or carrier.
14. A method of controlling undesirable vegetation comprising contacting the vegetation or the locus thereof with or applying to soil or water to prevent the emergence or growth of vegetation a herbicidally effective amount of the composition of claim 1 .
15. A method of controlling undesirable vegetation comprising contacting the vegetation or the locus thereof with or applying to the soil or water to prevent the emergence or growth of vegetation a herbicidally effective amount of three herbicidal active ingredients, wherein the herbicidal active ingredients consist of bentazon-sodium, an ALS inhibitor, and an ACCase inhibitor.
16. The method of claim 15 , wherein:
(a) the ALS inhibitor is penoxsulam, bispyribac-sodium, azimsulfuron, bensulfuron-methyl, chloransulam, cinosulfuron, diclosulam, ethoxysulfuron, flazasulfuron, florasulam, flumetsulam, halosulfuron-methyl, imazamox, imazethapyr, imazosulfuron, iofensulfuron, metazosulfuron, metsulfuron-methyl, orthosulfamuron, propyrisulfuron, pyrazosulfuron-ethyl, pyribenzoxim, pyriftalid, pyriminobac-methyl, pyrimisulfan, pyroxsulam or triafamone; and
(b) the ACCase inhibitor is cyhalofop-butyl, fenoxaprop-P-ethyl, clodinafop-propyrgyl, diclofop-methyl, fluazifop-P-butyl, haloxyfop-methyl, propaquizafop, quizalofop-P-ethyl, clethodim, cycloxydim, profoxydim, sethoxydim, tepraloxydim, tralkoxydim or pinoxaden.
17. The method of claim 15 , wherein the ALS inhibitor is penoxsulam or bispyribac-sodium and the ACCase inhibitor is cyhalofop-butyl or fenoxaprop-P-ethyl.
18. The method of claim 15 , wherein the ALS inhibitor is penoxsulam and the ACCase inhibitor is cyhalofop butyl.
19. The method of claim 15 , wherein the ALS inhibitor is penoxsulam and the ACCase inhibitor is fenoxaprop-P-ethyl.
20. The method of claim 15 , wherein the ALS inhibitor is bispyribac-sodium and the ACCase inhibitor is cyhalofop-butyl.
21. The method of claim 15 , wherein the undesirable vegetation is controlled in the presence of rice crops.
22. A syngergistic herbicidal composition comprising three herbicidal active ingredients, wherein the herbicidal active ingredients consist of bentazon-sodium, an ALS inhibitor, and an ACCase inhibitor, wherein
(a) the ALS inhibitor is penoxsulam and the ACCase inhibitor is cyhalofop butyl, and the weight ratio of bentazon-sodium:penoxsulam:cyhalofop-butyl is 70-90:1:8-23;
(b) the ALS inhibitor is penoxsulam, the ACCase inhibitor is fenoxaprop-P-ethyl, and the weight ratio of bentazon-sodium:penoxsulam:fenoxaprop-P-ethyl is 75:1:1; or
(c) the ALS inhibitor is bispyribac-sodium, the ACCase inhibitor is cyhalofop-butyl, and the weight ratio of bentazon-sodium:bispyribac-sodium:cyhalofop-butyl is 56:1:19.