A field experiment was carried-out during 1989/90 at the Eldorado do Sul Experimental Station of Federal University of "Rio Grande do Sul", Brazil, with the objective of evaluating the effect of clomazone, chlorimuron-ethyl, imazaquin and imazethapyr applied at three different dosages in pre-emergence (PRE) or preplant incorporated (PPI), on sunflower achene yield and its components. Herbicide injury potential, as indicated by sunflower yield, was the following, from more to less phytotoxic: imazaquin > clomazone > imazethapyr > chlorimuron-ethyl. The main effect of the herbicides was in sunflower stand reduction, and this was the main yield component which was affected.
Helianthus annuus; resídual herbicide; herbicide dissipation; soil persistence; crop rotation; soybean