This work aimed to study the selectivity of fusel oil and herbicide association in the sugarcane cultivar IAC93-3046, and the efficacy of controlling the species Panicum maximum, Amaranthus deflexus, Ipomoea quamoclit, Brachiaria decumbens and Euphorbia heterophylla. The experiment was set up at the Instituto Agronômico/Centro de Cana in Ribeirão Preto, Brazil, in a randomized block design with 10 treatments and 4 replicates. The plots were composed of six 4 m sugarcane lines, 1.50 m (36 m²) spaced, with half being sown with weeds for control evaluation, and the other half without weeds for selectivity evaluation. The treatments were diuron+hexazinone (1,170+330 g ha ¹); diuron+hexazinone (1,170+330 g ha-1) + fusel oil (25.0 L ha-1); diuron+hexazinone (819+231 g ha-1) + fusel oil (25.0 L ha-1); metribuzin (1,920 g ha-1); metribuzin (1,920 g ha-1) + fusel oil (25.0 L ha-1); metribuzin (1,344 g ha-1) + fusel oil (25.0 L ha-1); amicarbazone (1,400 g ha-1); amicarbazone (1,400 g ha-1) + fusel oil (25.0 L ha-1) and amicarbazone (980 g ha-1) + fusel oil (25.0 L ha-1) and no herbicides. The application was performed with pressurized sprayer and 250 L ha-1 volume under post-emergence of the culture (30 cm) and weeds (10-2 cm). The herbicides diuron+hexazinone, metribuzin and amicarbazone were effective in controlling all the species alone, but only I. quamoclit and E. heterophylla did not present a satisfactory control at full dose and 70% of the dose combined with fusel oil. The same treatments were also selective for sugarcane cultivar IACSP 93-3046, when the variables height, stand, diameter and stalk yield, as well as the qualitative attributes were compared to the control. However, diuron + hexazinone and amicarbazone at a full dose associated with fusel oil were not selective for Brix% juice and stalk yield, respectively.
Saccharum spp.; by-product
