Patent ID: 8338332

Claim:
A method for controlling harmful plants in cotton crops, which comprises applying a herbicide combination to the harmful plants or to the area where the harmful plants reside; wherein the herbicidal combination comprises a synergistically active content of (A) one or more broad-spectrum herbicides, or the salts thereof, selected from the group of the compounds consisting of (A1) compounds of the formula (A1): where Z is a radical of the formula —OH; and (B) one or more herbicides selected from the group of compounds consisting of (B1) norflurazon, clomazone and trifluralin; (B2) bispyribac and its salts and pyrithiobac and its salts; (B3) quizalofop-P and its esters, quizalofop and its esters, fenoxaprop-P and its esters, fenoxaprop and its esters, fluazifop-P and its esters, fluazifop and its esters, and propaquizafop; and (B4) sethoxydim, cycloxydim, and clethodim; wherein the cotton crops are tolerant to the herbicides (A) and (B) contained in the combination, optionally in the presence of safeners, and wherein the combination of herbicides (A) and (B) provides a synergistic effect and gives a greater activity than the herbicide (A) and the herbicide (B) alone.