Safened herbicidal compositions including 4-amino-3-chloro-5-fluoro-6-(4-chloro-2-fluoro-3-methoxyphenyl)pyridine-2-carboxylic acid or a derivative thereof for use in rice

1. A safened herbicidal composition for use in rice comprising a herbicidally effective amount of (a) benzyl ester of a compound of the formula (I)

or an agriculturally acceptable salt or ester thereof and (b) a safener or a compatible herbicide capable of safening, wherein the compatible herbicide capable of safening is bispyribac-sodium, carfentrazone-ethyl, cyhalofop-butyl, diamuron, dimepiperate, halosulfuron-methyl, norflurazon, pyriclor, or sulcotrione.

2. The composition of claim 1 , wherein (b) is a chemical from the quinolinyloxyacetate family of chemicals, dicyclonon, dichlormid, fenclorim, furilazole, isoxadifen-ethyl, mefenpyr-diethyl, naphthalic anhydride (NA), or agriculturally acceptable salts, esters, or mixtures thereof.

3. The composition of claim 2 , wherein the chemical from the quinolinyloxyacetate family of chemicals is cloquintocet acid, cloquintocet mexyl, cloquintocet triisopropylamine, or cloquintocet dimethylamine.

4. The composition of claim 2 , wherein the chemical from the quinolinyloxyacetate family of chemicals is cloquintocet mexyl.

5. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the weight ratio of (a) to (b) is from 2:1 to 1:32.

6. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the weight ratio of (a) to (b) is from 1:1 to 1:4.

7. The composition of claim 1 , further comprising an agriculturally acceptable adjuvant or carrier.

8. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the rice is direct-seeded, water-seeded, or transplanted paddy.

9. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the rice is a glyphosate, glufosinate, dicamba, phenoxy auxin, pyridyloxy auxin, aryloxyphenoxypropionate, acetyl CoA carboxylase (ACCase) inhibitor, imidazolinone, acetolactate synthase (ALS) inhibitor, 4-hydroxyphenyl-pyruvate dioxygenase (HPPD) inhibitor, protoporphyrinogen oxidase (PPO) inhibitor, triazine, or bromoxynil tolerant rice possessing multiple or stacked traits conferring tolerance to multiple chemistries and/or multiple modes of action.

10. A method of controlling undesirable vegetation in rice comprising contacting the vegetation or applying to the soil or water adjacent thereto with a safened herbicidal composition comprising a herbicidally effective amount of (a) benzyl ester of a compound of the formula (I)

or an agriculturally acceptable salt or ester thereof and (b) a safener or a compatible herbicide capable of safening, wherein the compatible herbicide capable of safening is bispyribac-sodium, carfentrazone-ethyl, cyhalofop-butyl, diamuron, dimepiperate, halosulfuron-methyl, norflurazon, pyriclor, or sulcotrione.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein (b) is a chemical from the quinolinyloxyacetate family of chemicals, dicyclonon, dichlormid, fenclorim, furilazole, isoxadifen-ethyl, mefenpyr-diethyl, naphthalic anhydride (NA), or agriculturally acceptable salts, esters, or mixtures thereof.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the chemical from the quinolinyloxyacetate family of chemicals is cloquintocet acid, cloquintocet mexyl, cloquintocet triisopropylamine, or cloquintocet dimethylamine.

13. The method of claim 11 , wherein the chemical from the quinolinyloxyacetate family of chemicals is cloquintocet mexyl.

14. The method of claim 10 , wherein the weight ratio of (a) to (b) is from 2:1 to 1:32.

15. The method of claim 10 , wherein the weight ratio of (a) to (b) is from 1:1 to 1:4.

16. The method of claim 10 , further comprising an agriculturally acceptable adjuvant or carrier.

17. The method of claim 10 , wherein the rice is direct-seeded, water-seeded, or transplanted rice.

18. The method of claim 10 , wherein the undesirable vegetation is immature.

19. The method of claim 10 , wherein the (a) and (b) are applied to water.

20. The method of claim 19 , wherein the water is part of a flooded rice paddy.

21. The method of claim 10 , wherein the (a) and (b) are applied pre-emergently to the weed or the crop.

22. The method of claim 10 , wherein the (a) and (b) are applied post-emergently to the weed or the crop.

23. The method of claim 10 , wherein the rice is glyphosate, glufosinate, dicamba, phenoxy auxin, pyridyloxy auxin, aryloxyphenoxypropionate, acetyl CoA carboxylase (ACCase) inhibitor, imidazolinone, acetolactate synthase (ALS) inhibitor, 4-hydroxyphenyl-pyruvate dioxygenase (HPPD) inhibitor, protoporphyrinogen oxidase (PPO) inhibitor, triazine, or bromoxynil tolerant.

24. The method of claim 23 , wherein the rice possesses multiple or stacked traits conferring tolerance to multiple chemistries and/or multiple modes of action.