Three assays were carried out to evaluate the effectiveness of several herbicides on direct seeded tomato. The compounds metribuzin, napropamide, chloramben, diphenamid, pebulate and trifluralin aplied separatly, at the dosage of .35; 3.40; 2.50; 2.00; 3.60 and .67 kg/ha respectively, and combined each one with metribuzin at the same dose ge were evaluated in two assays, one at Viçosa, MG and the other at Domingos Martins, ES. One third assay was carried out at Viçosa, MG to evaluate the effectiveness of chloramben, napropamide, diphenamid and metr ibuzin at the dose of 3.40; 3.00; 5.00 and .70 kg/ha respectively, and pebulate at the dose of 4.32 and 1.76 kg/ha applied separated and combined with pebulate at mentioned dosages. All compounds showed some control of weeds, although the efficiency of each product was weed species dependant. Only pebulate was efficient on Cyperus rotundus control. Bachiaria plantaginea and Digitaria sanguinalis were better controled by chloramben, napropamide, diphenamid and trifluralin. Metribuzin gave excelent control of Bidens pilosa and Galinsoga parviflora. The mixtures of metr ibuzin or pebula te wi th each herbicide sudied increased the efficience of control and the number of species controled. All compounds were tolerated by the tomato plants. No visible injury were observed at the doses studied.
Tomato; weed; herbicide