Use of herbicidal compositions for controlling unwanted vegetation
AssigneeBASF SE
InventorsGregory Armel, Rex A. Liebl, Steven Joseph Bowe, Glenn W. Oliver
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Abstract
The present invention relates to the use of a herbicidal composition comprising as component A) 4-(2,4-dichlorophenoxy)butanoic acid or salts or esters thereof and as component B) 3,6-dichloro-2-methoxybenzoic acid or salts or esters thereof for controlling unwanted vegetation in crop plants. The present invention also relates to a method for controlling unwanted vegetation in crop plants, which comprises allowing a composition comprising said components A) and B) to act on plants, their seeds and/or their habitat.
Claims19
A method for controlling unwanted vegetation in crop plants, which comprises treating plants, their seeds and/or their habitat with a herbicidal composition comprising as component
- A) 4-(2,4-dichlorophenoxy)butanoic acid of formula (I) or salts or esters thereof
- and as component
- B) 3,6-dichloro-2-methoxybenzoic acid of formula (II) or salts or esters thereof,
- wherein the weight ratio of components A) to B) based on acid equivalents is from 1:12 to 1:50.
A method for controlling unwanted vegetation in crop plants, which comprises applying simultaneously, separately, or in succession:
- component
- A) 4-(2,4-dichlorophenoxy)butanoic acid of formula (I) or salts or esters thereof
- and component
- B) 3,6-dichloro-2-methoxybenzoic acid formula (II) or salts or esters thereof,
- at a weight ratio of components A) to B) based on acid equivalents of from 1:12 to 1:50;
- on plants, their seeds, or their habitat.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.