Herbicidal compositions comprising aminopyralid and bentazon
AssigneeDow AgroSciences LLC
InventorsNelson M. Carranza Garzon, Richard K. Mann
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Abstract
Provided herein are herbicidal compositions containing (a) aminopyralid or an agriculturally acceptable salt or ester thereof and (b) bentazon or an agriculturally acceptable salt thereof. The compositions provide synergistic weed control of undesirable vegetation, e.g., in rice, wheat, barley, oats, rye, sorghum, corn or maize, oilseed rape/canola, vegetables, pastures, grasslands, rangelands, fallowland, turf, tree and vine orchards, aquatics, industrial vegetation management or rights-of-way.
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A herbicidal composition comprising a synergistic herbicidally effective amount of:
- (a) aminopyralid, a compound of the formula (I)
- or an agriculturally acceptable salt or ester of thereof, and (b) bentazon, a compound of the formula (II)
- or an agriculturally acceptable salt of thereof, wherein the ratio of the acid equivalent weight of the compound of formula (I) or agriculturally acceptable salt or ester thereof to the weight of the compound of formula II or agriculturally acceptable salt thereof is from about 1:55 to about 1:10.
A method of controlling undesirable vegetation which comprises contacting the vegetation or the locus thereof with or applying to the soil or water a herbicidally effective amount of:
- (a) aminopyralid, a compound of the formula (I)
- or an agriculturally acceptable salt or ester thereof, and (b) bentazon, a compound of the formula (II)
- or an agriculturally acceptable salt thereof, wherein the ratio of the acid equivalent weight of the compound of formula (I) or agriculturally acceptable salt or ester thereof to the weight of the compound of formula II or agriculturally acceptable salt thereof is from about 1:55 to about 1:10.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.