Patent ID: 6451733
Filing Date: 2002-09-17
Classification: A01N

Abstract:
A method for the synergistic control of undesirable plants which comprises applying to the locus of said plants or to the foliage or stems of said plants a synergistically effective amount of a two-way combination of an aryloxypicolinamide of formula I whereinZ represents an oxygen or sulfur atom; R1 represents a hydrogen or halogen atom or an alkyl or haloalkyl group; R2 represents a hydrogen or an alkyl group; q is 0 or 1; R3 represents a hydrogen or an alkyl or alkenyl group; the or each group X independently represents a halogen atom or an optionally substituted alkyl or alkoxy group, preferably a haloalkyl group, or an alkenyloxy, cyano, carboxy, alkoxycarbonyl, (alkylthio) carbonyl, alkylcarbonyl, amido, alkylamido, nitro, alkylthio, haloalkylthio, alkenylthio, alkynylthio, alkylsulphinyl, alkylsulphonyl, alkyloxyiminoalkyl or alkenyloximinoalkyl group; n is 0 or an integer from 1 to 5; the or each group Y independently represents a halogen atom or an alkyl, nitro, cyano, haloalkyl, alkoxy or haloalkoxy group; and m is 0 or an integer from 1 to 5, and a second herbicide selected from the group consisting of an imidazolinone herbicide and a cyclohexanedione herbicide.