Patent ID: 7141531

Claim:
A herbicide/safener combination which comprises: A) at least one herbicidal active substance or a salt thereof, which is a substituted phenylsulfonylurea of the formula (A) in which W is O, A is —CH 2 —, Q is O, or NR 6 , m is 0 or 1, n is 0, 1, 2 or 3, R 1 is H, unsubstituted or substituted (C 1 –C 6 )alkyl, unsubstituted or substituted (C 2 –C 6 )alkenyl, unsubstituted or substituted (C 1 –C 6 )alkynyl, or unsubstituted or substituted (C 3 –C 6 )cycloalkyl, R 2 is H, OH, (C 1 –C 6 )alkyl, (C 2 –C 6 )alkenyl, (C 2 –C 6 )alkynyl, (C 1 –C 6 )alkoxy, (C 2 –C 6 )alkenyloxy, (C 2 –C 6 )alkylnyloxy, (C 3 –C 7 )cycloalkyl, or (C 3 –C 7 )cycloalkoxy, R 3 is —C(O)—R 11 or —S(O 2 )—R 21 , R 4 is halogen, CN, NO 2 , (C 1 –C 4 )alkyl, (C 1 –C 4 )-alkoxy, [(C 1 –C 4 )alkyl]carbonyl, [(C 1 –C 4 )alkoxy]carbonyl, each of the four last-mentioned radicals being unsubstituted or substituted, R 5 is H, (C 1 –C 5 )alkyl or (C 1 –C 4 )alkoxy, R 6 is H, (C 1 –C 4 )alkyl, (C 3 –C 4 )alkenyl, (C 3 –C 4 )alkynyl, each of the three last-mentioned radicals being unsubstituted or substituted by one or more radicals from the group consisting of halogen, (C 1 –C 4 )alkyl, (C 1 –C 4 )alkoxy and (C 1 –C 4 )alkylthio, or is (C 1 –C 4 )alkoxy or OH, X 1 , X 2 are, independently of one another, H, halogen, (C 1 –C 6 )alkyl, (C 2 –C 6 )alkenyl, (C 2 –C 6 )alkynyl, (C 3 –C 7 )cycloalkyl, (C 1 –C 6 )alkoxy, (C 2 –C 6 )alkenyloxy, (C 2 –C 6 )alkynyloxy, (C 1 –C 6 )alkylthio, mono- or di-[(C 1 –C 4 )alkyl]-amino, each of the ten last-mentioned radicals being unsubstituted or substituted by one or more radicals from the group consisting of halogen, (C 1 –C 4 )alkoxy, (C 1 –C 4 )haloalkoxy and (C 1 –C 4 )alkylthio, Z is CH, R 11 is H, (C 1 –C 6 )alkyl, (C 2 –C 6 )alkenyl, or (C 2 –C 6 )alkynyl, and R 21 is (C 1 –C 6 )alkyl, (C 2 –C 6 )alkenyl or (C 2 –C 6 )alkynyl; and B) which is at least one safener from the group of compounds of the formulae (B1) in which X′ is hydrogen, halogen, (C 1 –C 4 )alkyl, (C 1 –C 4 )alkoxy, nitro or (C 1 –C 4 )haloalkyl, Z′ is OR 7 , SR 7 or NR 7 R 8 or is a saturated or unsaturated 3- to 7-membered heterocycle which has at least one nitrogen atom and up to 3 hetero atoms, is linked via the nitrogen atom to the carbonyl group in (B1) and is unsubstituted or substituted by radicals from the group consisting of (C 1 –C 4 )alkyl, optionally substituted phenyl, R 7 is hydrogen or an unsubstituted or substituted aliphatic hydrocarbon radical, R 8 is hydrogen, (C 1 –C 6 )alkyl, (C 1 –C 6 )alkoxy or optionally substituted phenyl, n′ is an integer from 1 to 5, W′ has the formula: or ethyl 5,5-diphenyl-2-isoxazoline-3-carboxylate (B1-9).