Patent ID: 8772199

Claim:
A method comprising: utilizing herbicide combination in maize crops to control harmful plants; wherein the herbicide combination has a synergistically active amount of a broad-spectrum (A) herbicide and at least one (B) herbicide, if appropriate in the presence of safeners; wherein the (A) herbicide is selected from the group of the compounds consisting of: (A1) compounds of the formula (A1), and their esters and salts and other phosphinothricin derivatives: in which Z is a radical of the formula —OH or a peptide radical of the formula —NHCH(CH 3 )CONHCH(CH 3 )COOH or —NHCH(CH 3 )CONHCH[CH 2 CH(CH 3 ) 2 ]COOH; and wherein the at least one (B) herbicide is 2,4-D; and wherein the maize crops are tolerant to the herbicides (A) and (B) which form a constituent of the combination.