Herbicidal Compositions for Tolerant or Resistant Sugar Beet Crops

Abstract

Herbicide combinations (A)+(B), with an effective content of (A) broad-spectrum herbicides from the group (A1) glufosinate (salts) and related compounds, (A2) glyphosate (salts) and related compounds such as sulfosate and (A3) imidazolinones or their salts and (B) herbicides from the group consisting of (B0) one or more structurally different herbicides from the abovementioned group (A) or (B1) foliar- and predominantly soil-acting herbicides active against monocotyledonous and dicotyledonous harmful plants, or (B2) herbicides active predominantly against dicotyledonous harmful plants, and (B3) predominantly foliar-acting herbicides which can be employed against monocotyledonous harmful plants, or (B4) herbicides which are both foliar- and soil-acting and which can be employed against monocotyledonous harmful plants, or of herbicides of more than one of groups (B0) to (B4), for controlling harmful plants in, or the growth, yield or constituents of sugar beet crops sugar beet crops tolerating the herbicides (A) and (B) present in the combination.

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         11 : A herbicidal composition for controlling harmful plants in sugar beet crops which comprises:
 (A) a broad-spectrum herbicide is selected from the group of the compounds consisting of:
 (A1) compounds of the formula (A1), and their esters and salts, and other phosphinothricin derivatives: 
   
       
         
           
           
               
               
           
         
         
           
             in which Z is a radical of the formula —OH or a peptide residue of the formula —NHCH(CH)CONHCH(CH 3 COOH or —NHCH(CH 3 CONHCH[CH 2 CH(CH 1 )]COOH; and 
           
           (A2) compounds of the formula (A2) and their esters and salts: 
         
       
       
         
           
           
               
               
           
         
         
           and combinations thereof; 
         
         (B) one or more herbicides selected from the group of the compounds consisting of: 
         (B1′) ethofumesate, chloridazon, triflusulfuron, and metamitron; 
         (B2′) desmedipham, phenmedipham, quinmerac, clopyralid, and the salts of these compounds; 
         (B3′) quizalofop-P, fenoxaprop-P, fluazifop-P, haloxyfop, haloxy-P, and cyhalofop, and the salts and esters of these compounds; and 
         (B4′) sethoxydim, cycloxydim, and clethodim; and optionally, additives and/or formulation aids conventionally used in crop protection. 
       
     
     
         12 : The composition as claimed in  claim 11 ;
 wherein the broad-spectrum herbicide is a compound of the formula (A2) or esters or salts thereof.   
     
     
         13 : The composition as claimed in  claim 12 ;
 wherein the compound of the formula (A2) is glyphosate-isopropylammonium.   
     
     
         14 : The composition as claimed in  claim 11 ;
 wherein the broad-spectrum herbicide is a compound of the formula (A1) or esters or salts thereof.   
     
     
         15 : The composition as claimed in  claim 14 ;
 wherein the compound of the formula (A1) is glufosinate ammonium.   
     
     
         16 : The composition as claimed in  claim 12 ;
 wherein one or more herbicides (B) is selected from the group consisting of
 (B1) ethofumesate and triflusulfuron, and esters and salts thereof; 
 (B2) desmedipham, phenmedipham, quinmerac, and the salts of these compounds; 
 (B3) haloxyfop, haloxyfop-P, cyhalofop, the salts and esters of the last-mentioned three compounds; and 
 (B4) cycloxydim. 
   
     
     
         17 : The composition as claimed in  claim 12 ;
 wherein one or more herbicides (B) is selected from the group consisting of
 (B1) chloridazon and metamitron; 
 (B2) clopyralid and the salts of this compound; 
 (B3) quizalofop-P, fenoxaprop-P, fluazifop-P, and the salts and esters of these compounds; and 
 (B4) sethoxydim and clethodim. 
   
     
     
         18 : The composition as claimed in  claim 14 ;
 wherein one or more herbicides (B) is selected from the group consisting oF
 (B1) ethofumesate and triflusulfuron, and esters and salts thereof; 
 (B2) desmedipham, phenmedipham, quinmerac, and the salts of these compounds; 
 (B3) haloxyfop, haloxyfop-P, cyhalofop, and the salts and esters of the last-mentioned three compounds; and 
 (B4) cycloxydim. 
   
     
     
         19 : The composition as claimed in  claim 14 ;
 wherein one or more herbicides (B) is selected from the group consisting of:
 (B1) chloridazon and metamitron; 
 (B2) clopyralid and the salts of this compound; 
 (B3) quizalofop-P, fenoxaprop-P, fluazifop-P, and the salts and esters of these compounds; and 
 (B4) sethoxydim and clethodim. 
   
     
     
         20 : The composition as claimed in  claim 11 ;
 wherein the one or more herbicides (B) is ethofumesate.   
     
     
         21 : The composition as claimed in  claim 11 ;
 wherein the one or more herbicides (B) is triflusulfuron or an ester thereof.