Patent ID: 6486096
Filing Date: 2002-11-26
Classification: A01N

Abstract:
A synergistic herbicide combination having a synergistic effective amount of components (A) and (B), where(A) is one or more herbicides selected from the group consisting of the formula (I) and their salts â€ƒin which R1 is hydrogen or (C1-C4)alkyl, R2 is hydrogen or (C1-C4)alkyl, R3 is H, (C1-C4)alkyl, (C1-C4)alkoxy, (C2-C4)alkenoxy, (C2-C4)alkynoxy, (C3-C6)cycloalkyl, each of the 5 last-mentioned radicals being unsubstituted or substituted by one or more radicals from the group consisting of halogen, cyano, (C1-C4)alkoxy and (C1-C4)alkylsulfonyl, one of the radicals X and Y is halogen, (C1-C4)alkyl, (C1-C4)alkoxy, (C1-C4)alkylthio, where each of the three last-mentioned radicals is unsubstituted or substituted by one or more radicals from the group consisting of halogen, (C1-C4)alkyl, (C1-C4)alkoxy, (C1-C4)alkylthio, and the other of the radicals X and Y is (C1-C4)alkyl, (C1-C4)alkoxy or (C1-C4)alkylthio, where each of the three last-mentioned radicals is unsubstituted or substituted by one or more radicals from the group consisting of halogen, (C1-C4)alkoxy and (C1-C4)alkylthio, Z is CH, and (B) one or more herbicides from the group consisting of alachlor, metolachlor, acetochlor, dimethenamid, pethoxamid, atrazine, simazine, syanazine, terbuthylazine, metribuzin, isoxaflutole, fluthiamide, terbutryn, nicosulfuron, rimsulfuron, primisulfuron, pendimethalin, sulcotrione, dicamba, mesotrione, linuron, isoxachlortole, benoxacor, metosulam, flumetsulam, cloransulam, florasulam, molinate, thiobencarb, quinchlorac, propanil, pyribenzoxim, butachlor, pretilachlor, clomazone, oxadiargyl, oxaziclomefone, anilofos, cafenstrole, mefenacet, fentrazamid, thiazopyr, triclopyr, oxadiazone, esprocarb, pyributicarb, azimsulfuron, thenylchlor, pentoxazone, pyriminobac, quizalofop/quizalofop-P, fenoxacrop/fenoxaprop-P, fluazifop/fluazifop-P, haloxyfop/haloxyfop-P, propaquizafop, clodinafop, cyhalofop, sethoxydim, cycloxydim, clethodim, clefoxidim, isoproturon, chlortuloron, prosulfocarb, isopropyl 5-(4-bromo-1-methyl-5-(trifluoromethyl)-1H-pyrazol-3-yl)-2-chloro-4-fluorobenzoate, diclofop/diclofop-P, imazamethabenz, triasulfuron, flupyrsulfuron, a compound of the formula (III) or its salts, â€ƒin which R1 is COâ€”Qâ€”R8, R2 and R3 independently of one another are H or (C1-C4)alkyl, R4 is H, (C1-C8) alkyl which is unsubstituted or is substituted by one or more radicals from the group consisting of halogen, (C1-C4) alkoxy, (C1-C4) alkylthio, (C1-C4) alkylsulfinyl, (C1-C4) alkylsulfonyl, ((C1-C4)alkoxy)carbonyl and CN, or is (C3-C6)alkenyl which is unsubstituted or is substituted by one or more halogen atoms, or is hydroxyl, (C1-C4) alkoxy, ((C1-C4) alkyl)carbonyl or (C1-C4) alkylsulfonyl, each of the three latter radicals being unsubstituted or unsubstituted in the alkyl moiety by one or more halogen atoms or by (C1-C4)alkoxy or (C1-C4)alkylthio, or is phenylsulfonyl in which the phenyl radical is unsubstituted or substituted, and R5 is (C1-C4) alkylsulfonyl or (C3-C6) alkenylsulfonyl, each of the two latter radical being unsubstituted or substituted by one or more halogen atoms or by (C1-C4)alkoxy or (C1-C4)alkylthio, or is phenylsulfonyl or phenylcarbonyl, the phenyl radical in each of the two latter radicals being unsubstituted or substituted, or is mono- or di-((C1-C4)alkyl)aminosulfonyl or ((C1-C6)alkyl)carbonyl, each of the three latter radicals being unsubstituted or substituted by one or more radicals from the group consisting of halogen, (C1-C4)alkoxy, (C1-C4)alkoxy, (C1-C4)alkylthio, (C1-C4)alkylsulfinyl, (C1-C4) alkylsulfonyl, ((C1-C4)alkyl)carbonyl, ((C1-C4)alkoxy)carbonyl and CN, or is formyl, a group of the formula â€”COâ€”COâ€”Râ€² in which Râ€²=H, OH, (C1-C4)alkoxy or (C1-C4) alkyl, or is ((C3-C6) Cycloalkyl)carbonyl, ((C2-C6)alkenyl)carbonyl or ((C2-C6) alkynyl)carbonyl, each of the three latter radicals being unsubstituted or substituted by one or more halogen atoms, or is a group of the formula â€ƒor R4 and R5 together are a chain of the formula (â€”CH2)mBâ€” or â€”B1â€”(CH2)m1â€”Bâ€”, the chain being unsubstituted or substituted by one or more (C1-C3) alkyl radicals and m being 3 or 4 or m1 being 2 or 3, and W is an oxygen or sulfur atom (i.e. O or S); B and B1 independently of one another are SO2 or CO; Q is O, S or â€”NR13â€”, T is O or S, R6 is H, (C1-C4)alkyl, (C1-C4)alkoxy, ((C1-C4)alkyl)carbonyl or ((C1-C4) alkoxy)carbonyl, each of the 4 latter radicals being unsubstituted or substituted in the alkyl moiety by one or more halogen atoms, or is halogen, NO2 or CN, R7 is H or CH3, R8 is H, (C1-C4) alkyl, (C3-C4)alkenyl or (C3-C4) alkynyl, each of the three latter radicals being unsubstituted or substituted by one or more radicals from the group consisting of halogen, (C1-C4) alkoxy, (C1-C4)alkylthio, ((C1-C4)alkyl)carbonyl and ((C1-C4)alkoxy) carbonyl, R9 is (C1-C4) alkyl, (C3-C4)alkenyl, (C3-C4) alkynyl, each of the three latter radicals being unsubstituted or substituted by one or more radicals from the group consisting of halogen, (C1-C4)alkoxy, (C1-C4) alkylthio, ((C1-C4)alkyl)carbonyl and ((C1-C4)alkoxy)carbonyl, R10 and R11 independently of one another are H, (C1-C4)alkyl, (C3-C4) alkenyl or (C3-C4)alkynyl, each of the three latter radicals being unsubstituted or substituted by one or more radicals from the group consisting of halogen, (C1-C4)alkoxy, (C1-C4)alkylthio, ((C1-C4) alkoxy)carbonyl, the radicals R12 together with the nitrogen atom are a heterocyclic ring having 5 or 6 ring members, which may contain further heteroatoms from the group consisting of N, O and S in the possible oxidation states and is unsubstituted or is substituted by (C1-C4)alkyl or the oxo group, or is benzo-fused, R13 is H, (C1-C4) alkyl, (C3-C4) alkenyl or (C3-C4) alkynyl, each of the three latter radicals being unsubstituted or substituted by one or more radicals from the group consisting of halogen, (C1-C4)alkoxy and (C1-C4)alkylthio, A is a radical of the formula one of the radicals X and Y is hydrogen, halogen, (C1-C3)alkyl or (C1-C3) alkoxy, the two latter radicals being unsubstituted or being mono- or polysubstituted by halogen or monosubstituted by (C1-C3)alkoxy, and the other of the radicals X and Y is hydrogen, (C1-C3)alkyl, (C1-C3)alkoxy or (C1-C3)alkylthio, the three latter alkyl-containing radicals being unsubstituted or mono- or polysubstituted by halogen or mono- or disubstituted by (C1-C3) alkoxy or (C1-C3)alkylthio, or is a radical of the formula NR14R15, (C3-C6) cycloalkyl, (C2-C4)alkenyl, (C2-C4)alkynyl, (C3-C4)alkenyloxy or (C3-C4)alkynyloxy, Z is CH or N, R14 and R15 independently of one another are H, (C1-C3)alkyl or (C3-C4)alkenyl, X1 is CH3, OCH3, OC2H5 or OCHF2, Y1 is â€”Oâ€” or â€”CH2, X2 is CH3, C2H5 or CH2CF3, Y2 is OCH3, OC2H5, SCH3, SCH2CH3, CH3 or C2H5, X3 is CH3 or OCH3, Y3 is H or CH3, X4 is CH3, OCH3, OC2H5, CH2OCH3 or Cl, Y4 is CH3, OCH3, OC2H5 or Cl, and Y5 is CH3, C2H5, OCH3 or Cl, â€ƒMCPA, 2,4-D, bromoxynil, bentazone, fluthiacet, pyridate, diflufenzopyr, carfentrazone, clopyralid, halosulfuron, thifensulfuron, prosulfuron, iodosulfuron, tritosulfuron, sulfosulfuron, 2,4-D, MCPA, bensulfuron, methsulfuron, acifluorfen, bispyribac, ethoxysulfuron, cinosulfuron, pyrazosulfuron, imazosulfuron, cyclosulfamuron, chlorsulfuron, bromobutide, bentazone, benfuresate, chlorimuron, diflufenican, flurtamone, tribenuron, amidosulfuron, mecoprop/mecoprop-p, dichlorprop/dichlorprop-P, fluroxypyr, picloram, loxynil, bifenox, pyraflufen-ethyl, fluoroglycofen-ethyl, cinidon-ethyl, picolinofen, glufosinate, glyphosate, imazapyr, imazethapyr, imazamethabenz, imazamethabenz-methyl, imazamox, imazaquin and imazapic.