Patent ID: 8916498

Claim:
A composition for protecting direct seeded and transplanted paddy rice from the harmful effects of a 6-(trisubstituted phenyl)-4-amino-2-pyridinecarboxylate herbicide of the formula (I) wherein hal represents F, Cl or Br, and R represents methyl or ethyl, and its agriculturally acceptable salt, ester and amide derivatives which comprises, in addition to the 6-(trisubstituted phenyl)-4-amino-2-pyridinecarboxylate herbicide, an active safener or compatible herbicide capable of safening, selected from the group consisting of: bispyribac, cyhalofop, halosulfuron, norflurazon, pyriclor, sulcotrione, and mixtures thereof, and wherein the weight ratio of the 6-(trisubstituted phenyl)-4-amino-2-pyridinecarboxylate herbicide to the safener is from about 1:1 to about 1:32; wherein the composition comprising the herbicide of formula (I) and the active safener or the compatible herbicide capable of safening is more effective at reducing injury to rice than a composition comprising the herbicide of formula (I) without the active safener or the compatible herbicide capable of safening being present or a composition comprising the active safener or the compatible herbicide capable of safening without the herbicide of formula (I) being present.