Patent ID: 8530386

Claim:
A method for controlling harmful plants in sugar beet crops which comprises: applying to the crops, seeds, plants, plant organs, or area under cultivation a synergistically effective amount of a combination of: (A) a broad-spectrum herbicide is selected from the group of the compounds consisting of: (A1) compounds of the formula (A1), and their esters and salts: in which Z is a radical of the formula —OH or a peptide residue of the formula —NHCH(CH 3 )CONHCH(CH 3 )COOH or —NHCH(CH 3 )CONHCH[CH 2 CH(CH 3 ) 2 ]COOH; and (A2) compounds of the formula (A2) and their esters and salts: and combinations thereof; (B) one or more herbicides selected from the group of the compounds consisting of: B1′) ethofumesate, chloridazon, triflusulfuron and esters thereof, and metamitron; B2′) desmedipham, phenmedipham, quinmerac, clopyralid, and the salts of these compounds; B3′) quizalofop-P, fenoxaprop-P, fluazifop-P, haloxyfop, haloxy-P, and cyhalofop, and the salts and esters of these compounds; and B4′) sethoxydim, cycloxydim, and clethodim; and optionally, additives and/or formulation aids conventionally used in crop protection.