Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited

Akihiro Tomita

Yoshinobu Jin

Provided is a method for effectively controlling specific weeds having resistance to herbicides. The method comprises applying one or more uracil compounds selected from a group consisting of a compound represented by formula (I): and a compound represented by formula (II): to a PPO inhibitor-resistant weed which has one or more mutations selected from a group consisting of Arg128Met mutation, Arg128Gly mutation, Arg128His mutation, Arg128Ile mutation, Arg128Lys mutation, and Gly399Ala mutation in PPO.

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Chuo-ku, Japan

Akihiro Tomita