Differential susceptibility of weed species to herbicides is an important variable that must be considered when choosing the herbicide and rate to be applied. Thus, two experiments were carried out with the objective of evaluating the susceptibility of three weed species of the Convolvulaceae family (Ipomoea quamoclit, I. triloba and Merremia cissoides) to the herbicides sulfentrazone and amicarbazone, using dose-response curves. Trials were installed in an area with clay soil, where eight rates of each herbicide were applied, in pre-emergence. The herbicide rates were: 8D, 4D, 2D, D, 1/2D, 1/4D, 1/8D and check without application, considering D as the recommended rate for sulfentrazone (600 g ha-1) or amicarbazone (980 g ha-1). Recommended rates of both herbicides were effective to control the three weed species, in the evaluations performed up to 60 days after application. Differential susceptibility of weed species to herbicides was observed, characterizing I. quamoclit as the most sensitive species. The susceptibility scales were: I. quamoclit > M. cissoides > I. triloba for sulfentrazone; and I. quamoclit > I. triloba > M. cissoides for amicarbazone. Control levels indicate that application of sulfentrazone and amicarbazone in pre-emergence is viable to control these weed species of Convolvulaceae.
Convolvulaceae; morningglory; pre-emergence; dose-response; management
