Syngenta Crop Protection, Inc.

Novartis Crop Protection, Inc.

Derek Cornes

Jutta Glock

Adrian Alberto Friedmann

A selective herbicidal composition for controlling grasses and weeds in crops of cultivated plants, comprising 

Herbicidal composition

The present invention relates to a synergistic herbicidal composition comprising; (A) mesotrione, and: (B) a second herbicide selected from; (B1) triazines (B2) triazolinones (B3) triazinones (B4) imidazolinones (B5) dicamba (B6) flumetsulam (B7) trifloxysulfuron (B8) tritosulfuron (B9) triasulfuron (B10) pyriftalid (B11) prosulfocarb (B12) pretilachlor (B13) cinosulfuron, or their herbicidally effective salts. A method of controlling the growth of undesirable vegetation, particularly in crops, using this synergistic composition is also disclosed.

Herbicide agent

A selective herbicidal composition for controlling grasses and weeds in crops of cultivated plants, comprising a) a herbicidally effective amount of a herbicide of formula I ##STR1## and b) to antagonise the herbicide, an antidotally effective amount of a safener selected from the group of the compounds of formula 1.01 (CGA 185,072), 2.01, 2.05, 3.03, 4.001, 5.006 (benoxacor), and 6.02 (fluxofenim). ##STR2##

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