The experiment was carried out to test the efficacy of trifloxysulfuron-sodium + ametryne (1,312.5 and 1,500 g ha-1), as compared to halosulfuron (112.5 g ha-1), MSMA (2,400 g ha-1), 2,4-D (1,675 g ha-1), sulfentrazone (700 g ha-1) and imazapic (105 g ha-1), as well as the checks, with and without weeds, to control Cyperus rotundus in sugarcane (cultivar RB806043), in a field area, with and without sugarcane straw cover. Although sugarcane cover- decreased weed infestation it did not provide acceptable control of C. rotundus plants. The percentage of unviable tubers was superior to 50% in areas where trifloxysulfuron-sodium + ametryne (1,312.5 and 1,500 g ha-1) was applied in spite of regular shoot number control (41.3% to 67.5%). The best control was obtained with sulfentrazone (700 g ha-1) and imazapic (105 g ha¹) applications without straw cover. Shoot number, plant height and straw yield were reduced only in the infested check and with application of 2,4-D (1,675 g ha-1) and MSMA (2,400 g ha-1), which showed the lowest control levels. The herbicides were selective for the sugarcane cultivar RB806043.
Sacharum officinarum; mulching; herbicides; post-emergence
