Herbicide Composition for Paddy Field

Abstract

A herbicide composition for paddy field characterized by containing (a) a herbicidal difluoromethanesulfonamide derivative represented by the formula (I) and (b) at least one herbicidal compound selected from the group consisting of pretilachlor, butachlor, alachlor, metolachlor, acetochlor, clomeprop, bromobutide, benfuresate, indanofan, pyrazolate, benzofenap, pyrazoxyfen, pyraclonil, oxaziclomefone, bensulfuron-methyl, azimsulfuron, imazosulfuron, pyrazosulfuron-ethyl, cyclosulfamuron, ethoxysulfuron, halosulfuron-methyl, orthosulfamuron, cinosulfuron, metsulfuron-methyl, penoxsulam, thiobencarb, pyributycarb, molinate, dimethametryn, simetryn, cafenstrole, quinclorac, anilofos, mefenacet, fentrazamide, pentoxazone, oxadiargyl, oxadiazon, benzobicyclon, mesotrione, AVH301 (code no.), cyhalofop-butyl, metamifop, bispyribac-sodium, pyriftalid, pyrimisulfan, pyrimenobac-methyl, chlormethoxynil, oxyfluorfen, dithiopyr, MCPA, MCPB, 2,4-D, dymron, cumyluron, quinoclamine and clomazone, and/or (c) one or more compounds selected from the group consisting of safeners dymron, isoxadifen(-ethyl), flurazole, fenchlorazole-ethyl, fenclorim, cloquintocet-mexyl, oxabetrinil, fluxofenim, mefenpyr-diethyl, furilazole, R-29148 (code no.), benoxacor, dichlormid and dicyclonone as effective components.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A herbicide composition for paddy field characterized by comprising a combination of components (a) and (b), wherein
 (a) is a difluoromethanesulfonamide derivatives represented by the formula (I),   
       
         
           
           
               
               
           
         
       
       wherein 
       X represents fluorine, 
       Y represents N, 
       R 1  represents hydrogen, and 
       R 2  represents hydroxy, 
       and
 (b) is, as a safener, one or more compounds selected from the group consisting of isoxadifen(-ethyl), fenchlorazole-ethyl, cloquintocet-mexyl, fluxofenim, mefenpyr-diethyl, furilazole and benoxacor as effective components. 
 
     
     
         2 . A composition according to  claim 1 , characterized in that it comprises one or more compounds (b) as a safener in the range of 0.05-200 parts by weight to 1 part by weight of the compound (a). 
     
     
         3 . Method for controlling weeds in a paddy field which comprises applying to the weeds, parts of the weeds, weed seeds or their habitat, optionally in the presence of a crop, a combination of
 a herbicide (a) and a safener (b),   wherein the components (a) and (b) of the specific combination are applied simultaneously or sequentially, and wherein the components are defined as in  claim 1 .   
     
     
         4 . Method as claimed in  claim 3 , wherein the crop is rice. 
     
     
         5 . Method according to  claim 3 , characterized in that it comprises one or more compounds (b) as a safener in the range of 0.05-200 parts by weight to 1 part by weight of the compound (a).