Herbicide Composition for Paddy Field

A herbicide composition for a paddy field characterized by comprising a combination of components (a), (b) and/or (c), wherein

• is one or more difluoromethanesulfonamide derivatives represented by the formula (I),
• wherein
• X represents a halogen,
• Y represents CH or N,
• R1 represents hydrogen, and
• R2 represents hydrogen or hydroxy, or
• R1 and R2 together form C═O with the carbon atom to which they are bonding,
• (b) is one or more herbicidal compounds 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, cyhalofop-butyl, metamifop, bispyribac-sodium, pyriftalid, pyrimisulfan, pyrimenobac-methyl, chlormethoxynil, oxyfluorfen, dithiopyr, MCPA, MCPB, 2,4-D, dymron, cumyluron, quinoclamine and clomazone, and
• (c) is one or more safener compounds selected from the group consisting of dymron, isoxadifen(-ethyl), flurazole, fenchlorazole-ethyl, fenclorim, cloquintocet-mexyl, oxabetrinil, fluxofenim, mefenpyr-diethyl, furilazole, R-29148, benoxacor, dichlormid and dicyclonone as effective components.