Two experiments were carried out with the aim of evaluating the control of signal grass (Urochloa decumbens) in rows of African mahogany (Khaya ivorensis), by the application of herbicides, either alone or combined with boron (B), as well as the response of the African mahogany to this micronutrient. Both experiments were set up in an experimental design of randomized blocks and split-plot with four replications. Six treatments were applied to the plots: control with weeding, control with no weeding, glyphosate (1,080 g ae ha-1) + chlorimuron-ethyl (10 g ai ha-1) + 0.05% v/v mineral oil, glyphosate (1,080 g ae ha-1) + imazethapyr (100 g ai ha-1), glyphosate (1,080 g ae ha-1), and oxyfluorfen (480 g ai ha-1). The subplots consisted of the absence or presence of 4 kg of boric acid (17% B) in 100 L of water. Associating the boric acid with the herbicides, glyphosate plus chlorimuron-ethyl, glyphosate plus imazethapyr, glyphosate or oxyfluorfen does not interfere in the control of signal grass. The addition of boric acid to the herbicide solution results in increases in the levels of boron in the soil and a consequent increase in the boron content of the leaves of African mahogany.
Weeds; Urochloa decumbens; Micronutrients; Crop-livestock-forest integration; Khaya ivorensis
