Patent ID: 8642509

Claim:
A method of reducing phytotoxicity to a crop at a locus caused by the application thereto of a herbicidal benzoylisoxazole and/or dione derivative of formula (I) or an agriculturally acceptable salt or metal complex thereof; wherein the compound of formula (I) is a compound of the formula (Ia): wherein: R is selected from the group consisting of: a hydrogen atom; a halogen atom; a straight- or branched chain alkyl, alkenyl, or alkynyl group containing from one to six carbon atoms which is optionally substituted by one or more halogen atoms; —CO 2 R 3 ; and —CO 5 ; where: R 3 is a hydrogen atom, or a straight- or branched chain alkyl group containing up to six carbon atoms which is optionally substituted by one or more halogen atoms; and R 5 is a straight- or branched-chain alkyl group containing up to six carbon atoms which is optionally substituted by one or more halogen atoms, or a straight- or branched-chain alkenyl or alkynl group containing from two to six carbon atoms which is optionally substituted by one or more halogen atoms; R 117 is selected from the group consisting of —S(O) p Me and —CH 2 S(O) q Me; R 118 is selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen atom, a chlorine atom, a bromine atom, and a fluorine atom; R 119 is selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen atom, a chlorine atom, a bromine atom, a fluorine atom, and CF 3 ; and p and q each independently have the values zero, one, or two; which method comprises applying to the locus of the crop, before the herbicidal compound, an antidotally effective amount of an antidote compound, and optionally partner herbicide; wherein the antidotally compound is a compound selected from the group consisting of ethyl 5,5-diphenylisoxazoline-3-carboxylate, and 5,5-diphenylisoxazoline-3-carboxylic acid; and wherein the crop is maize.