Patent ID: 8067337

Claim:
A pesticide composition containing: (A) a herbicidal compound in a herbicidally effective amount selected from the group consisting of sulfonylurea compounds, sulfonamide compounds, chloroacetanilide compounds, thiocarbamate compounds, pyrimidinyloxy(thio)benzoic acid compounds, tetrazolinone compounds, pyrazolate, pyrazoxyfen, benzofenap, cyclohexanedione compounds, phenoxycarboxylic acid compounds, oxazinone compounds, and difluoromethanesulfonylanilide compounds represented by the formula: wherein R 1 is a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, or an alkoxyalkyl group, or a salt thereof; and (B) a compound selected from benzoic acid compounds represented by the formula: wherein R 2 is an alkyl group having 1 to 15 carbon atoms, and R 3 is a hydrogen atom or a metal atom, wherein the benzoic acid compound is present in an amount effective to reduce the phytotoxicity of the herbicidal compound.