WEED CONTROL WITH HERBICIDE FROM COMBINATIONS OF FLUROXYPYR AND ACETOLACTATE SYNTHETASE (ALS) INHIBITORS

Abstract

This application provides herbicidal compositions containing (a) fluroxypyr or an agriculturally acceptable ester or salt thereof and (b) an acetolactate synthase (ALS) inhibitor herbicide, wherein the ALS inhibitor herbicide is diclosulam, chloransulam, chlorimuron, or tifensulfuron, or an agriculturally acceptable ester or salt thereof. The compositions provide synergistic weed control of undesirable vegetation in areas including, but not limited to, soybean, cotton, corn, sorghum, sunflower, sugarcane, sugar beet, alfalfa, cereals (including but not limited to wheat, barley, rice, and oats), uncultivated areas, fallow areas, perennial crop areas, fruit orchards, or plantation crops.

Description

This application claims the benefit of U.S. provisional patent application serial no. 62 / 009717 filed June 9, 2014, which is expressly incorporated by reference in this application. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Protecting crops from weeds and other vegetation that inhibits crop growth is a recurring problem in agriculture. Therefore, the need for effective compositions and methods for controlling unwanted vegetation remains. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION This application describes herbicidal compositions containing synergistically effective amounts of (a) fluroxypyr or an agriculturally acceptable ester or salt thereof and (b) an acetolactate synthase (ALS) inhibitor herbicide including, but not limited to, diclosulam, chloransulam, CbQRnn / I7P7 / E / YILI chlorimuron, and typensulfuron, or an ester or salt thereof acceptable from an agricultural point of view. This application also describes methods for controlling undesirable vegetation that include contacting the undesirable vegetation or its locus with herbicidally effective amounts of: (a) fluroxypyr or an agriculturally acceptable ester or salt thereof and (b) an ALS-inhibiting herbicide including, but not limited to, diclosulam, chloransulam, chlorimuron, and tifensulfuron, or an agriculturally acceptable ester or salt thereof. Undesirable vegetation may include herbicide-resistant or tolerant weeds, including those that occur in areas of soybean, sunflower, sugar beet, canola, rapeseed, cotton, corn, sorghum, cereals (including but not limited to wheat, barley, rice, and oats), uncultivated areas, fallow areas, perennial crop areas, fruit crop areas, or plantation crop areas. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION I. Definitions The term “herbicide,” as used in this application, means an active ingredient that kills, controls, or otherwise adversely modifies plant growth. As used in this application, a “quantity” CfrQAnn / I 7P7 / B / YILI herbicidally effective or for vegetation control” is an amount of active ingredient that causes a “herbicidal effect”, i.e., an adversely modifying effect and includes deviations from natural development, annihilation, regulation, desiccation, retardation. As used in this application, controlling undesirable vegetation means preventing, reducing, destroying, or otherwise adversely altering the development of plants and vegetation. As used in this application, “plants” and “vegetation” include, but are not limited to, germinating seeds, emerging seedlings, plants emerging from vegetative propagules, and established vegetation. As used in this application, immature vegetation refers to small vegetative plants prior to the reproductive stage, and mature vegetation refers to vegetative plants during and after the reproductive stage. As used in this application, agriculturally acceptable salts and esters refer to salts and esters that exhibit herbicidal activity or that are or can be converted in plants, water, or soil to the herbicide or active portion referred to. Examples of agriculturally acceptable esters are those that are or can be hydrolyzed, oxidized, metabolized, or otherwise converted, for example, in plants, water, or soil, to the corresponding carboxylic acid, which, depending on the pH, may CfrQAnn / ί7Π7 / E / YΙΛΙ to be in a dissociated or non-dissociated form. Example salts include those obtained from alkali or alkaline earth metals and those obtained from ammonia and amines. Example cations include the sodium, potassium, magnesium, and ammonium cations of the formula: R1R2R3R4N+ wherein R1, R2, R3, and R4 each independently represent hydrogen or C1-C12 alkyl, C3-C12 alkenyl, C3-C12 alkynyl, or aryl, each of which is optionally substituted with one or more hydroxy, C1-C4 alkoxy, (C1-C4)-alkylthio, or phenyl groups, provided that R1, R2, R3, and R4 are spherically compatible. Additionally, any two of R1, R2, R3, and R4 together may represent an aliphatic difunctional portion containing one to twelve carbon atoms and up to two oxygen or sulfur atoms. Salts can be prepared by treatment with a metal hydroxide, such as sodium hydroxide, with an amine, such as ammonia, trimethylamine, diethanolamine, 2-methylthiopropylamine, bisalylamine, 2-butoxyethylamine, morpholine, cyclododecylamine, or benzylamine, or with a tetraalkylammonium hydroxide, such as tetramethylammonium hydroxide or choline hydroxide. Example esters include those obtained from C1-C12 alkyl-substituted alkyl alcohols, CbQRnn / I7P7 / E / YILI C3-C12 alkenyl, C3-C12 alkynyl, or C7-C10 aryl, such as methyl alcohol, isopropyl alcohol, 1-butanol, 2-ethylhexanol, butoxyethanol, methoxypropanol, allyl alcohol, propargyl alcohol, cyclohexanol, or unsubstituted or substituted benzyl alcohols. Benzyl alcohols may be substituted with 1-3 substituents that are independently selected from halogen, C1-C4 alkyl, or C1-C4 alkoxy groups.Esters can be prepared by coupling acids with alcohol using any number of suitable activating agents such as those used for peptide couplings such as dicyclohexylcarbodiimide (DCC) or carbonyl-diimidazole (CDI); by reacting acids with alkylating agents such as alkyl halides or alkylsulfonates in the presence of a base such as triethylamine or lithium carbonate; by reacting the corresponding acid chloride of an acid with a suitable alcohol; by reacting the corresponding acid with a suitable alcohol in the presence of an acid catalyst or by transesterification. II. Synergistic mixtures Herbicide compositions containing synergistically effective amounts of (a) fluroxypyr or an agriculturally acceptable ester or salt thereof and (b) an ALS-inhibiting herbicide. In some embodiments, the ALS-inhibiting herbicide is diclosulam, chloransulam, chlorimuron, or tifensulfuron, or a CfrQAnn / ί7Π7 / E / YΙΛΙ ester or salt of the same acceptable from an agricultural point of view. CfrQAnn / ί7Π7 / E / YΙΛΙ A. Fiuroxypir The compositions described in this application contain fluroxypyr or an agriculturally acceptable salt or ester thereof. Fluroxypyr (2-[(4-amino-3,5-dichloro-6-fluoro-2-pyridinyl)oxy]acetic acid) is a herbicide in the synthetic auxin class. Fluroxypyr can be used, for example, for post-emergence foliar application to control broadleaf weeds, for example, in small grain crops, to control Rumex spp. and Urtica dioica in pastures, and to control Trifolium repens in recreational meadows. Other examples of uses include its use to control herbaceous and woody broadleaf weeds, for example, in orchards and plantation crops, and broadleaf shrubs, for example, in coniferous forests. Its herbicidal activity is described in Tomlin, CDS, Ed. The Pesticide Manual: A World Compendium, 15th ed.; BCPC: Alton, 2009 (hereafter The Pesticide Manual, 15th edition, 2009). Fluroxypyr can be used in its acidic form (as shown above) or as an agriculturally acceptable salt or ester thereof. Examples of agriculturally acceptable fluroxypyr salts include, but are not limited to, sodium salts, potassium salts, ammonium salts, or substituted ammonium salts, in particular mono-, di-, and tri-alkyl(C1C1)-ammonium salts such as methylammonium, dimethylammonium, and isopropylammonium; mono-, di-, and tri-hydroxyalkyl(C2-C8)-ammonium salts such as hydroxyethylammonium, di(hydroxyethyl)ammonium, tri(hydroxyethyl)ammonium, hydroxypropylammonium, di(hydroxypropyl)ammonium, and tri(hydroxypropyl)ammonium; olamine salts; and diglucolamine salts. In some formulations, fluroxypyr is provided as an agriculturally acceptable ester.Suitable esters include, but are not limited to, Ci-Cs alkyl esters and C2-C4 (Ci-C4)-alkyl alkoxy esters, such as methyl esters, ethyl esters, isopropyl esters, butyl esters, hexyl esters, heptyl esters, isoheptyl esters, isooctyl esters, 2-ethylhexyl esters, and butoxyethyl esters, and aryl esters such as benzyl esters. Examples of agriculturally acceptable esters include fluroxypyr butomethyl and fluroxypyr MHE (fluroxypyr-methylheptyl ester, also known as fluroxypyr-meptyl). B. ALS-inhibiting herbicides In addition to fluroxypyr, the compositions include one or more acetolactate synthase (ALS) inhibitor herbicides. ALS inhibitors disrupt amino acid production in the plant, which eventually leads to the inhibition of DNA synthesis. ALS inhibitors include, but are not limited to, sulfonylureas and CbQRnn / I7P7 / E / YILI triazolopyrimidine-sulfonamides. In some formulations, the composition may include an ALS inhibitor selected from sulfonylureas and triazolopyrimidine-sulfonamides. In some embodiments, the herbicidal composition comprises a herbicidally effective amount of: (a) fluroxypyr or an agriculturally acceptable ester or salt thereof, and (b) a sulfonamide-type ALS inhibitor herbicide. In some embodiments, the sulfonamide-type ALS inhibitor herbicide is diclosulam or chloransulam, or an agriculturally acceptable ester or salt thereof. In some embodiments, the herbicidal composition comprises a herbicidally effective amount of: (a) fluroxypyr or an agriculturally acceptable ester or salt thereof and (b) a sulfonylurea-type ALS inhibitor herbicide. In some embodiments, the sulfonylurea-type ALS inhibitor herbicide is chlorimuron or typensulfuron, or an agriculturally acceptable ester or salt thereof. 1. Diclosulam Diclosulam (N-(2,6-dichlorophenyl)-5-ethoxy-7-fluoro[1,2,4]triazolo[1,5-c]pyrimidin-2-sulfonamide) is an ALS-inhibiting herbicide. Diclosulam can be used, for example, to control broadleaf weeds in peanut and soybean crops. Its herbicidal activity is described in The Pesticide Manual, 15th edition. 2009. cfrQAnn / Lznz / E / YiAi In some embodiments of the compositions and methods described herein, fluroxypyr, or an agriculturally acceptable ester or salt thereof, is used in combination with diclosulam. With respect to the compositions, in some embodiments, the weight ratio of fluroxypyr or an agriculturally acceptable ester or salt thereof (acid equivalent) to diclosulam (active ingredient) is within the range of approximately 1:2 to approximately 560:1. In some embodiments, the weight ratio is approximately 25–200 parts fluroxypyr, or an agriculturally acceptable ester or salt thereof, to approximately 1.1–25.2 parts diclosulam. In some embodiments, the weight ratio is within the range of approximately 1:1 to approximately 182:1. In some embodiments, the weight ratio is within the range of approximately 1:1 to approximately 2:1, from approximately 2:1 to approximately 2.8:1, from approximately 2.8:1 to approximately 4:1, from approximately 4:1 to approximately 5.7:1, from approximately 5.7:1 to approximately 7.9:1, from approximately 7.9:1 to approximately 1.4:1, from approximately 1.4:1 up to approximately 22.7:1, from CfrQAnn / ί7Π7 / Ε / ΥΙΛΙ approximately 22.7:1 up to approximately 45.5:1, from approximately 45.5:1 up to approximately 91:1, or from approximately 91:1 to approximately 182:1. In some modalities, the weight ratio is within the range of approximately 2:1 up to approximately 92:1. In some modalities, the weight ratio is within the range of approximately 3:1 up to approximately 46:1. In some modalities, the weight ratio is within the range of approximately 5:1 up to approximately 23:1. In some modalities, the weight ratio is within the range of approximately 8:1 up to approximately 23:1. In one modality, the weight ratio is within the range of approximately 5.7:1 to approximately 7.9:1. In another modality, the weight ratio is within the range of approximately 7.9:1 to approximately 11.4:1. In another modality, the weight ratio is within the range of approximately 11.4:1 to approximately 22.7:1. In one embodiment, fluroxypyr, or an agriculturally acceptable aster or salt thereof, is fluroxypyr-meptyl. With regard to the methods, in some embodiments, the methods include bringing the undesirable vegetation into contact with a composition described in this application or with the components of a composition described in this application, for example, sequentially or simultaneously. In some embodiments, the The composition is applied at an application rate of approximately 26 grams of acid equivalent per hectare (g ae / ha) up to approximately 610 g ae / ha, based on the total amount of active ingredients in the composition. In some embodiments, the composition is applied at an application rate of approximately 26 g ae / ha up to approximately 226 g ae / ha, based on the total amount of active ingredients in the composition. In some embodiments, fluroxypyr, or an agriculturally acceptable ester or salt thereof, is applied at an application rate of approximately 25 g ae / ha up to approximately 560 g ae / ha, and diclosulam is applied at an application rate of approximately 1 g of active ingredient per hectare (g ai / ha) up to approximately 50 g ai / ha.In some embodiments, fluroxypyr, or an agriculturally acceptable ester or salt thereof, is applied at an application rate of approximately 25 g ae / ha to approximately 200 g ae / ha, and diclosulam is applied at an application rate of approximately 1.1 g ai / ha to approximately 25.2 g ai / ha. In one embodiment, fluroxypyr, or an agriculturally acceptable ester or salt thereof, is applied at an application rate of approximately 25 g ae / ha to approximately 50 g ae / ha, and diclosulam is applied at an application rate of approximately 1.1 g ai / ha to approximately 8.8 g ai / ha. In another embodiment, fluroxypyr, or an agriculturally acceptable ester or salt thereof, is applied at an application rate of... CfrQAnn / ί7P7 / B / YILI approximately 50 g ea / ha to approximately 100 g ea / ha, and diclosulam is applied at an application rate of approximately 2.2 g ai / ha to approximately 8.8 g ai / ha. In another embodiment, fluroxypyr, or an agriculturally acceptable ester or salt thereof, is applied at an application rate of approximately 100 g ea / ha to approximately 200 g ea / ha, and diclosulam is applied at an application rate of approximately 4.4 g ai / ha to approximately 25.2 g ai / ha. In one embodiment, the fluroxypyr, or an agriculturally acceptable ester or salt thereof, is fluroxypyr-meptyl. In some embodiments of the compositions and methods described herein, the only herbicidal active ingredients are fluroxypyr, or an agriculturally acceptable ester or salt thereof (e.g., fluroxypyr-mept-i-o), and diclosulam. In other embodiments, the compositions and methods described herein optionally use additional herbicidal active ingredients. chQRnm Lznz / E / YiAi 2. Cloransulam Chloransulam (3-chloro-2-[[(5-ethoxy-7-fluoro[1,2,4]triazolo[1,5-c]pyrimidine-2-1)sulfonyl]amino]benzoic acid) is an ALS-inhibiting herbicide. Chloransulam can be used, for example, for post-emergence control of broadleaf weeds in soybean and other broadleaf crops. Its herbicidal activity is described in The Pesticide Manual. 5th edition, 2009. CfrQAnn / ί7Π7 / E / YΙΛΙ Chloransulam may be supplied in its acidic form (as shown above) or as an agriculturally acceptable salt or ester thereof. Examples of agriculturally acceptable chloransulam salts include, but are not limited to, sodium salts, potassium salts, ammonium salts, or substituted ammonium salts, in particular mono-, di-, and tri-alkyl(C1-C8)-ammonium salts such as methylammonium, dimethylammonium, and isopropylammonium; mono-, di-, and tri-hydroxy-(C2-C8)-ammonium salts such as hydroxyethylammonium, di(hydroxyethyl)ammonium, tri(hydroxyethyl)ammonium, hydroxypropylammonium, di(hydroxypropyl)ammonium, and tri(hydroxypropyl)ammonium; olamine salts; and diglucolamine salts. In some embodiments, chloransulam is supplied as an agriculturally acceptable ester.Suitable esters include, but are not limited to, Ci-Cs alkyl esters and C2-C4 alkoxy(Ci-C4)-alkyl esters, such as methyl esters, ethyl esters, isopropyl esters, butyl esters, hexyl esters, heptyl esters, isoheptyl esters, isooctyl esters, 2-ethylhexyl esters, and butoxyethyl esters, and aryl esters such as benzyl esters. Examples of agriculturally acceptable chloransulam esters include, for example, methyl chloransulam (methyl 3-chloro-2-[[(5-ethoxy-7-fluoro[1,2,4]triazolo[1,5-c]pyrimidin-2-yl)sulfonyl]amino]benzoate). In some embodiments of the compositions and methods described in this application, fluroxypyr or an agriculturally acceptable ester or salt thereof is used in combination with chloransulam or an agriculturally acceptable ester or salt thereof. With respect to the compositions, in some embodiments, the weight ratio of fluroxypyr or an agriculturally acceptable ester or salt thereof (acid equivalent) to chloransulam or an agriculturally acceptable ester or salt thereof (active ingredient) is within the range of approximately 1:2 to approximately 560:1. In some embodiments, the weight ratio is within the range of approximately 1:1 to approximately 182:1. CfrQAnn / ί7Π7 / E / YΙΛΙ modalities, the weight ratio is within the range of approximately 1:1 to approximately 2:1, from approximately 2:1 to approximately 2.8:1, from approximately 2.8:1 to approximately 4:1, from approximately 4:1 to approximately 5.7:1, from approximately 5.7:1 to approximately 7.9:1, from approximately 7.9:1 to approximately 1.4:1, from approximately 1.4:1 to approximately 22.7:1, from approximately 22.7:1 to approximately 45.5:1, from approximately 45.5:1 to approximately 91:1, or from approximately 91:1 to approximately 182:1. In some modalities, the weight ratio is approximately 25-100 CbQRnn / I7P7 / E / YILI fluroxypyr or an agriculturally acceptable ester or salt thereof to approximately 1.1–8.8 of chloransulam or an agriculturally acceptable ester or salt thereof. In some embodiments, the weight ratio is within the range of approximately 2.8:1 to approximately 91:1. 5.7:1 to approximately 91:1. In one modality, the weight ratio is within the range of approximately 5.7:1 to approximately 11.4:1. In another embodiment, the weight ratio is within the range of approximately 11.4:1 to approximately 23:1. In another embodiment, the weight ratio is within the range of approximately 23:1 to approximately 91:1. In one embodiment, fluroxypyr or an agriculturally acceptable ester or salt thereof is fluroxypyr-meptyl. In one embodiment, chloransulam or an agriculturally acceptable ester or salt thereof is chloransulam-methyl. With regard to the methods, in some embodiments, the methods comprise bringing the undesirable vegetation into contact with a composition described in this application or with the components of a composition described in this application, for example, sequentially or simultaneously. In some embodiments, the composition is applied at an application rate of approximately 26 g ae / ha to approximately 610 g ae / ha based on the total amount of active ingredients in the composition. In some embodiments, the composition is applied at an application rate of approximately 26 g ae / ha to approximately 300 g ae / ha based on the total amount of active ingredients in the composition. In some embodiments, the composition is applied at an application rate of approximately 26 g ae / ha to approximately 109 g ae / ha based on the total amount of active ingredients in the composition.In some embodiments, fluroxypyr or an agriculturally acceptable ester or salt thereof is applied at an application rate of approximately 25 g ae / ha to approximately 560 g ae / ha, and chloransulam or an agriculturally acceptable ester or salt thereof is applied at an application rate of approximately 1 g ai / ha to approximately 50 g ai / ha. In some embodiments, fluroxypyr or an agriculturally acceptable ester or salt thereof is applied at an application rate of approximately 25 g ae / ha to approximately 100 g ae / ha, and chloransulam or an agriculturally acceptable ester or salt thereof is applied at an application rate of approximately 1.1 g ai / ha to approximately 8.8 g ai / ha.In one embodiment, fluroxypyr or an agriculturally acceptable ester or salt thereof is applied at an application rate of approximately 25 g ae / ha to approximately 50 g ae / ha, and chloransulam or an agriculturally acceptable ester or salt thereof is applied at one. CfrQAnn / I 7P7 / B / YILI application rate of approximately 1.1 g ai / ha to approximately 8.8 g ai / ha. In another embodiment, fluroxypyr or an agriculturally acceptable ester or salt thereof is applied at an application rate of approximately 50 g ae / ha to approximately 100 g ae / ha, and chloransulam or an agriculturally acceptable ester or salt thereof is applied at an application rate of approximately 1.1 g ai / ha to approximately 8.8 g ai / ha. In one embodiment, the fluroxypyr or an agriculturally acceptable ester or salt thereof is fluroxypyr-methyl. In another embodiment, the chloransulam or an agriculturally acceptable ester or salt thereof is chloransulam-methyl. In some embodiments of the compositions and methods described in this application, the only herbicidal active ingredients are fluroxypyr or an agriculturally acceptable ester or salt thereof (e.g., fluroxypyr meptyl), and chloransulam or an agriculturally acceptable ester or salt thereof (e.g., chloransulam-methyl). In other embodiments, the compositions and methods described in this application optionally use additional herbicidal active ingredients. CfrQAnn / ί7Π7 / E / YΙΛΙ 3. Chlorimuron Chlorimuron (acid Chlorimuron (4-chloro-6-methoxy-2-pyrimidine)amino]carbonyl]amino]sulfonyl)benzoic acid is an ALS-inhibiting herbicide. Chlorimuron can be used, for example, for the post-emergence control of important broadleaf weeds, such as puncturevine (Xanthium), amaranth (Amaranthus), wild sunflower (Helianthus annuum), morning glory (Ipomoea purpurea), and other broadleaf weeds in soybean and peanut crops. Its herbicidal activity is described in The Pesticide Manual, 15th edition, 2009. Cl CfrQAnn / ί7Π7 / E / YΙΛΙ Chlorimuron can be supplied in its acidic form (as shown above) or as an agriculturally acceptable salt or ester thereof. Examples of agriculturally acceptable chlorimuron salts include, but are not limited to, sodium salts, potassium salts, ammonium salts, or substituted ammonium salts, in particular mono-, di-, and trialkyl(C1-C8)-ammonium salts such as methylammonium, dimethylammonium, and isopropylammonium; mono-, di-, and tri-hydroxyalkyl(C2-C8)-ammonium salts such as hydroxyethylammonium, di(hydroxyethyl)ammonium, tri(hydroxyethyl)ammonium, hydroxypropylammonium, di(hydroxypropyl)ammonium, and tri(hydroxypropyl)ammonium; olamine salts; and diglucolamine salts. In some forms, chlorimuron is provided as an agriculturally acceptable ester.Suitable esters include, but are not limited to, Ci-Cs alkyl esters and C2-C4 alkoxy(Ci-C4)-alkyl esters, such as methyl esters, ethyl esters, isopropyl esters, butyl esters, hexyl esters, heptyl esters, isoheptyl esters, isooctyl esters, 2-ethylhexyl esters, and butoxyethyl esters, and aryl esters such as benzyl esters. Examples of agriculturally acceptable chlorimuron esters include, for example, chlorimuronet or ethyl (2-[[[[(4-chloro-6-methoxy-2-primidinyl)amino]carbonyl]amino]sulfonylbenzoate). In some embodiments of the compositions and methods described in this application, fluroxypyr or an agriculturally acceptable ester or salt thereof is used in combination with chlorimuron or an agriculturally acceptable ester or salt thereof. With respect to the compositions, in some embodiments, the weight ratio of fluroxypyr or an agriculturally acceptable ester or salt thereof (acid equivalent) to chlorimuron or an agriculturally acceptable ester or salt thereof (active ingredient) is within the range of approximately 1:3.6 to approximately 560:1. In some embodiments, the weight ratio is within the range of approximately 1:2 to approximately 560:1. In some embodiments, the weight ratio is within the range of approximately 1:1 to approximately 182:1.In some modalities, the weight ratio is within the range of approximately 1:1 to approximately 2:1, from approximately 2:1 to approximately 2.8:1, from cfrQAnn / Lznz / E / YiAi. approximately 2.8:1 to approximately 4:1, from approximately 4:1 to approximately 5.7:1, from approximately 5.7:1 to approximately 7.9:1, from approximately 7.9:1 to approximately 1.4:1, from approximately 1.4:1 to approximately 22.7:1, from approximately 22.7:1 to approximately 45.5:1, from approximately 45.5:1 to approximately 91:1, or from approximately 91:1 to approximately 182:1. In some CfrQAnn / ί7P7 / E / YILI forms, the weight ratio is approximately 25-100 of fluroxypyr or an agriculturally acceptable ester or salt thereof to approximately 1.1-8.8 of chlorimuron or an agriculturally acceptable ester or salt thereof. In some forms, the weight ratio is within the range of approximately [forms]. 2.8:1 to approximately 91:1. In some weight ratios, it falls within the range of approximately 2.8:1 to approximately 46:1. In one modality, the weight ratio is within the range of approximately 2.8:1 to approximately 45.5:1. In another embodiment, the weight ratio is within the range of approximately 11.4:1 to approximately 23:1. In one embodiment, fluroxypyr or an agriculturally acceptable ester or salt thereof is fluroxypyr-meptyl. In another embodiment, chlorimuron or an agriculturally acceptable ester or salt thereof is chlorimuron-ethyl. With regard to the methods, in some embodiments, the methods comprise bringing the undesirable vegetation into contact with a composition described in this application or with the components of a composition described in this application, for example, sequentially or simultaneously. In some embodiments, the composition is applied at an application rate of approximately 26 g ae / ha to approximately 650 g ae / ha based on the total amount of active ingredients in the composition. In some embodiments, the composition is applied at an application rate of approximately 26 g ae / ha to approximately 109 g ae / ha based on the total amount of active ingredients in the composition. In some embodiments, the composition is applied at an application rate of approximately 33 g ae / ha to approximately 103 g ae / ha based on the total amount of active ingredients in the composition.In some embodiments, fluroxypyr or an agriculturally acceptable ester or salt thereof is applied at an application rate of approximately 25 g ae / ha to approximately 560 g ae / ha, and chlorimuron or an agriculturally acceptable ester or salt thereof is applied at an application rate of approximately 1 g ai / ha to approximately 90 g ai / ha. In some embodiments, fluroxypyr or an agriculturally acceptable ester or salt thereof is applied at an application rate of approximately 25 g ae / ha to approximately 100 g ae / ha, and chlorimuron or an agriculturally acceptable ester or salt thereof is applied at an application rate of approximately 1.1 g ai / ha to approximately 8.8 g ai / ha.In one embodiment, fluroxypyr or an agriculturally acceptable ester or salt thereof is applied at an application rate of approximately 25 g ae / ha to approximately 50 g ae / ha, and chlorimuron or an agriculturally acceptable ester or salt thereof is applied at an application rate of approximately 1.1 g ai / ha to approximately 8.8 g ai / ha. In another embodiment, fluroxypyr or an agriculturally acceptable ester or salt thereof is applied at an application rate of approximately 50 g ae / ha to approximately 100 g ae / ha, and chlorimuron or an agriculturally acceptable ester or salt thereof is applied at an application rate of approximately 1.1 g ai / ha to approximately 2.2 g ai / ha. In one embodiment, the fluroxypyr or an agriculturally acceptable ester or salt thereof is fluroxypyr-meptyl.In one form, chlorimuron or an agriculturally acceptable ester or salt thereof is chlorimuron-ethyl. In some embodiments of the compositions and methods described herein, the only herbicidal active ingredients are fluroxypyr or an agriculturally acceptable ester or salt thereof (e.g., fluroxypyr-meptyl), and chlorimuron or an agriculturally acceptable ester or salt thereof (e.g., chlorimuron-ethyl). In other embodiments, the compositions and methods described herein optionally use additional herbicidal active ingredients. CfrQRnn / ί7Π7 / E / YΙΛΙ 4. Tyfensulfuron CfrQAnn / ί7Π7 / E / YΙΛΙ Tyfensulfuron ([[[(4-methoxy-6-methyl-1,3,5-triazin-2-yl)amino]carbonyl]amino]sulfonyl]-2-thiophencarboxylic acid) is an ALS-inhibiting herbicide. Tyfensulfuron can be used, for example, to control annual weeds in cereals, corn, soybeans, and pastureland. Its herbicidal activity is described in The Pesticide Manual, 15th edition, 2009. CH3 N^NO or O Tyfensulfuron can be supplied in its acidic form (as shown above) or as an agriculturally acceptable salt or ester thereof. Examples of agriculturally acceptable tyfensulfuron salts include, but are not limited to, sodium salts, potassium salts, ammonium salts, or substituted ammonium salts, in particular mono-, di-, and tri-alkyl(C1-C8)-ammonium salts such as methylammonium, dimethylammonium, and isopropylammonium; mono-, di-, and tri-hydroxy-alkyl(C2-C8)ammonium salts such as hydroxyethylammonium, di(hydroxyethyl)ammonium, tri(hydroxyethyl)ammonium, hydroxypropylammonium, di(hydroxypropyl)ammonium, and tri(hydroxypropyl)ammonium; olamine salts; and diglucolamine salts. In some forms, tifensulfuron is provided as an agriculturally acceptable ester.Suitable esters include, but are not limited to, Ci-Cs alkyl esters and C2-C4 (Ci-C4)-alkyl alkoxy esters, such as methyl esters, ethyl esters, isopropyl esters, butyl esters, hexyl esters, heptyl esters, isoheptyl esters, isooctyl esters, 2-ethylhexyl esters, and butoxyethyl esters, and aryl esters such as benzyl esters. In some embodiments, the corresponding carboxylic acid (tifensulfuron), tifensulfuron carboxylate salt, other tifensulfuron esters, e.g., alkyl or aryl alkyl esters, or tifensulfuron-methyl salts are used. Examples of agriculturally acceptable thifensulfuron esters include, for example, thifensulfuron-methyl (methyl 3-[[[[(4-methoxy-6-methyl-1,3,5-triazin-2-yl)amino]carbonyl]amino]sulfonyl]-2-thionecarboxylate). In some embodiments of the compositions and methods described in this application, fluroxypyr or an agriculturally acceptable ester or salt thereof is used in combination with tifensulfuron or an agriculturally acceptable ester or salt thereof. With respect to the compositions, in some embodiments, the weight ratio of fluroxypyr or an agriculturally acceptable ester or salt thereof (acid equivalent) to tifensulfuron or an agriculturally acceptable ester or salt thereof (active ingredient) is within the range of approximately 1:1 to approximately 1120:1. In some embodiments, the weight ratio is within the range of approximately 1.1:1 to approximately 500:1. In some embodiments, the weight ratio is within the range of CfrQAnn / ί7P7 / E / YILI approximately 1.2:1 to approximately 334:1. In some embodiments, the weight ratio is approximately 17.5–100 of fluroxypyr or an agriculturally acceptable ester or salt thereof to approximately 0.6–13 of tifensulfuron or an agriculturally acceptable ester or salt thereof. In some embodiments, the weight ratio is within the range of CfrQAnn / ί7Π7 / E / YΙΛΙ approximately 1.3:1 to approximately 167:1. In some modalities, the weight ratio is within the range of approximately 1.3:1 to approximately 3.8:1, from approximately 3.8:1 to approximately 7.7:1, from approximately 7.7:1 to approximately 8:1, from approximately 8:1 to approximately 16:1, from approximately 16:1 to approximately 23:1, from approximately 23:1 to approximately 29:1, from approximately 29:1 to approximately 45.5:1, from approximately 45.5:1 to approximately 83:1, from approximately 83:1 to approximately 91:1, or from approximately 91:1 to approximately 167:1. In one modality, the weight ratio is within the range of approximately 1.3:1 to approximately 5:1. In another modality, the weight ratio is within the range of approximately 1.3:1 to approximately 1.3:1.In another modality, the weight ratio is within the range of approximately 1.3:1 to approximately R 4:1. In another modality, the weight ratio is within the range of. approximately 1.3:1 to approximately 18:1. In another modality, the weight ratio is within the range of approximately 1.3:1 to approximately 23:1. In another modality, the weight ratio is within the range of approximately 23:1 to approximately 91:1. In another modality, the weight ratio is within the range of approximately 35:1 to approximately 91:1. In another modality, the weight ratio is within the range of approximately 50:1 to approximately 91:1. In another modality, the weight ratio is within the range of approximately 60:1 to approximately 91:1. In another modality, the weight ratio is within the range of approximately 70:1 to approximately 91:1. In another modality, the weight ratio is within the range of approximately 91:1 to approximately 167:1. In another modality, the weight ratio is within the range of approximately 110:1 to approximately 167:1.In one embodiment, the weight ratio is within the range of approximately 130:1 to approximately 167:1. In another embodiment, the weight ratio is within the range of approximately 7.7:1 to approximately 29.2:1. In one embodiment, fluroxypyr or an agriculturally acceptable ester or salt thereof is fluroxypyr-meptyl. In one embodiment, tyfensulfuron or an agriculturally acceptable ester or salt thereof is tyfensulfuron-methyl. With regard to the methods, in some embodiments, the methods include bringing the undesirable vegetation into contact with a composition described in this application or with the components of a composition described in this application, for example, sequentially or simultaneously. In some embodiments, the composition is applied at an application rate of approximately 25.5 g ae / ha to approximately 585 g ae / ha based on the total amount of active ingredients in the composition. In some embodiments, the composition is applied at an application rate of approximately 18 g ae / ha to approximately 113 g ae / ha based on the total amount of active ingredients in the composition. In some embodiments, the composition is applied at an application rate of approximately 30.5 g ae / ha to approximately 102 g ae / ha based on the total amount of active ingredients in the composition.In some embodiments, fluroxypyr or an agriculturally acceptable ester or salt thereof is applied at an application rate of approximately 25 g ae / ha to approximately 560 g ae / ha, and tifensulfuron or an agriculturally acceptable ester or salt thereof is applied at an application rate of approximately 0.5 g ai / ha to approximately 25 g ai / ha. In some embodiments, fluroxypyr or an agriculturally acceptable ester or salt thereof is applied at an application rate of approximately 17.5 g ae / ha to approximately 100 g ae / ha, and tifensulfuron or an agriculturally acceptable ester or salt thereof. CfrQAnn / ί7P7 / E / YILI agriculturally is applied at an application rate of approximately 0.6 g ai / ha up to approximately 13 g ai / ha. In one embodiment, fluroxypyr or an agriculturally acceptable ester or salt thereof is applied at an application rate of approximately 17.5 g ae / ha up to approximately 50 g ae / ha, and tifensulfuron or an agriculturally acceptable ester or salt thereof is applied at an application rate of approximately 2.2 g ai / ha up to approximately 13 g ai / ha. In another embodiment, fluroxypyr or an agriculturally acceptable ester or salt thereof is applied at an application rate of approximately 50 g ae / ha to approximately 100 g ae / ha, and tifensulfuron or an agriculturally acceptable ester or salt thereof is applied at an application rate of approximately 0.6 g ai / ha to approximately 2.2 g ai / ha.In one embodiment, fluroxypyr or an agriculturally acceptable ester or salt thereof is fluroxypyr-meptyl. In another embodiment, typhensulfuron or an agriculturally acceptable ester or salt thereof is typhensulfuron-methyl. In some embodiments of the compositions and methods described in this application, the only herbicidal active ingredients are fluroxypyr or an agriculturally acceptable ester or salt thereof (e.g., fluroxypyr-meptyl) and typensulfuron or an agriculturally acceptable ester or salt thereof (e.g., typensulfuron-methyl). In other embodiments, the compositions and methods described herein CfrQAnn / I 7P7 / B / YILI application optionally uses additional herbicidal active ingredients. In one embodiment, the compositions do not contain and the methods do not use metsulfuron or an agriculturally acceptable ester or salt thereof. In one embodiment, the compositions do not contain and the methods do not use metsulfuron. In another embodiment, the compositions do not contain and the methods do not use metsulfuron-methyl. In another embodiment, the compositions contain and the methods use metsulfuron or an agriculturally acceptable ester or salt thereof, wherein the weight ratio of thifensulfuron, or an agriculturally acceptable ester or salt thereof, to metsulfuron or an agriculturally acceptable ester or salt thereof is greater or less than 1:1. In one embodiment, the composition comprising fluroxypyr or an agriculturally acceptable ester or salt thereof (e.g., fluroxypyr-meptyl) and tyfensulfuron or an agriculturally acceptable ester or salt thereof (e.g., tyfensulfuron-methyl) is not an oil suspension. In another embodiment, the composition comprising fluroxypyr or an agriculturally acceptable ester or salt thereof (e.g., fluroxypyr-meptyl) and tyfensulfuron or an agriculturally acceptable ester or salt thereof (e.g., tyfensulfuron-methyl) is not a microcapsule. In one embodiment, the herbicidal composition comprises a herbicidally effective amount of: (a) fluroxypyr or an ester or CbQRnn / I7P7 / E / YILI salt of the same acceptable from an agricultural point of view and (b) an ALS-inhibiting herbicide, wherein the ALS-inhibiting herbicide is diclosulam, chloransulam-methyl, chlorimuron-ethyl, or thifensulfuron-methyl. In one embodiment of the compositions and methods provided in this application, fluroxypyr or an agriculturally acceptable ester or salt thereof is fluroxypyrmeptyl. In one embodiment of the compositions and methods provided in this application, chloransulam or an agriculturally acceptable ester or salt thereof is chloransulammethyl. In one embodiment of the compositions and methods provided in this application, chlorimuron or an agriculturally acceptable ester or salt thereof is chlorimuron-ethyl. In one embodiment of the compositions and methods provided in this application, the typensulfuron or an agriculturally acceptable ester or salt thereof is typensulfuronmethyl. In some embodiments, the only herbicidal active ingredients used in the compositions and methods described in this application are (a) fluroxypyr or an agriculturally acceptable ester or salt thereof and (b) the ALS-inhibiting herbicide. These compositions do not contain any herbicidally active or significantly active ingredients. CfrQAnn / 17P7 / E / YILI herbicide other than fluroxypyr or an agriculturally acceptable ester or salt thereof and the ALS-inhibiting herbicide, but may optionally contain additional components that are herbicidally inert. In some embodiments, the only herbicidally active ingredients are fluroxypyr or an agriculturally acceptable ester or salt thereof and diclosulam, chloransulam, chlorimuron, or tifensulfuron, or an agriculturally acceptable ester or salt thereof. In other embodiments, the compositions and methods described in this application optionally use additional herbicidal active ingredients. Furthermore, in some formulations, the combination of fluroxypyr and ALS inhibitors exhibits synergism, meaning the herbicidal active ingredients are more effective in combination than when applied individually. Synergism has been defined as “an interaction of two or more factors such that the effect when combined is greater than the predicted effect based on the response of each factor applied separately.” (Shaner, DL, Ed. Herbicide Handbook, 10th ed. Lawrence: Weed Science Society of America, 2014). In some formulations, the compositions exhibit synergy as determined by the Colby equation (Colby, SR. Calculation of the synergistic and antagonistic response of herbicide combinations. Weeds 1967, 15, 20-22). CfrQAnn / ί7Π7 / E / YΙΛΙ III. Herbicide formulations In some embodiments, fluroxypyr and ALS inhibitors are used in combination with other herbicides that complement the spectrum of weeds controlled by these compounds at the application rate used. In some embodiments, the compositions described in this application and other complementary herbicides are applied simultaneously, either as a combination formulation or as a tank mix, either simultaneously or sequentially. The mixtures described in this application may be applied in conjunction with one or more other herbicides to control a wider variety of undesirable vegetation. When used in conjunction with other herbicides, the composition may be formulated with the other herbicide(s), tank-mixed with the other herbicide(s), or applied sequentially with the other herbicide(s). Some of the herbicides that can be used in conjunction with the compositions and methods described in this application include, but are not limited to, optically active isomers, acid, salt, choline salt, and ester forms of the following herbicides: 4-CPA, 4-CPB, 4-CPP, 3,4-DA, 2,4-DB, 3,4-DB, 3,4-DP, 2,3,6-TBA, 2,4,5-T, 2,4,5-TB, acetochlor, acifluorfen, aclonifen, acrolein, alachlor, alidochlor, aloxidim, allyl alcohol, alorac, ametridione, ametrin, amibuzin, amicarbazone, amidosulfuron, aminocyclopyrachlor, aminopyralid, amiprophos-methyl, amitrole, ammonium sulfamate,anilofos, anisuron, asulam, atraton, atrazine, azafenidin, azimsulfuron, aziprotrine, barban, BCPC, beflubutamid, benazolin, bencarbazone, benfluralin, benfuresate, bensulfuron-methyl, bensulide, bentazon, bentiocarb, benzadox, benzfendizone, benzipram, benzobiciclón, benzofenap, benzofluor, benzoylprop, benztiazuron, biciclopyrone, bifenox, bilanafos, bispiribac-sodium, borax, bromacil, bromobonil, bromobutide, bromofenoxim, bromoxynil, brompyrazon, butachlor, butafenacil, butamifos, butenachlor butidazole, butyuron, butralin, butroxydim, buturon, butylate, cacodylic acid, cafenstrol, calcium chlorate, calcium cyanamide, cambendichlor, carbasulam, carbetamide, carboxazole, chlorprocarb, carfentrazone (e.g., carfentrazone-ethyl), CDEA, CEPC, chlormethoxyfen, chloramben, chloranocril, chlorazifop, chlorazine, chlorbromuron, chlorbufam, chloreturon, chlorfenac, chlorfenprop, chlorflurazole, chlorflurenol, chloridazone, clomitrofen, chloropon, chlorotoluron, chloroxuroncloroxinil, clorprofam, clorsulfurón, clortal, clortiamid, cinidón (por ejemplo, cinid ó n - et i I o), cinmetilina, cinosulfurón, cisanilida, cletodim, cliodinato, clodinafop-propargilo, clofop, clomazona, clomeprop, cloprop, cloproxidim, clopiralid, CMA, sulfato de cobre, CPMF, CPPC, credazina, cresol, cumilurón, cianatrina, cianazina, cicloate, ciclopirimorato, ciclosulfamurón, cicloxidim, ciclurón, cihalofop (por ejemplo, cih al of op-bu ti lo), ciperquat, ciprazina, ciprazol, cipromid, daimurón, dalapon, dazomet, delaclor, desmedifam, desmethrin, di-alate, dicamba, dichlobenil, dichloralurea, dichlormate, dichlorprop, dichlorprop-P, diclofop-methyl, dietamquat, diethyl, difenopenten, difenoxurón, difenzoquat, diflufenican, απακηη / ιζηζ / Ε / γίΛΐ diflufenzopyr, dimefurón, dimepiperate, dimetachlor, dimetamethrin, dimethenamid, dimethenamid-P, dimexano, dimidazon, dinitramine, dinophenate, dinoprop, dinosam, dinoseb, dinoterb, difenamid, dipropetrin, diquat, disul, dithiopir, diurón,DMPA, DNOC, DSMA, EBEP, eglinazine, endotal, epronaz, EPTC, erbon, esprocarb, etbenzamide, etalf luralin, etametsulfuron, etidimuron, etiolate, etobenzamid, etofumesate, etoxyfen, etoxysulfuron, etinofen, etnipromid, etobenzanid, EXD, fenasulam, fenoprop, fenoxaprop, fenoxaprop-P (e.g., fenoxaprop-P-ethyl), fenoxaprop-P-ethyl + isoxadifen-ethyl, fenoxasulfone, fenquinetrione, fenteracol, fentiaprop, fentrazamide, fenuron, ferrous sulfate, flamprop, flamprop-M, flazasulfuron, florasulam, fluazifop, fluazifop-P (e.g., f I u az if op - Pb uti I o), fluazolate, flucarbazone, flucetosulfuron, flucloralin, flufenacet, flufenican, flufenpyr (e.g., flufenpyr-ethyl), flumetsulam, flumezin, flumiclorac (e.g., flumiclorac-pentyl), flumioxazin, flumipropin, fluometuron, fluorodifen, fluoroglycofen, fluoromidine, fluoronitrofen, fluotiuron, flupoxam, flupropacil, flupropanate, flupirsulfuron, fluridone, flurochloridone, flurtamone, flutiacet, fomesafen,foramsulfuron, phosamine, fumiclorac, furyloxyfen, glufosinate-ammonium, glufosinate, haloxifen, halosafen, halosulfuron (e.g., halosulfuronmethyl), haloxidine, haloxyfop-methyl, haloxyfop-P (e.g., haloxyfop-P-methyl), hexachloroacetone, hexaflurate, hexazinone, imazamox, imazapic, imazapir, imazaquin, imazetapir, imazosulfuron, indanophane, indaziflam, iodobonyl, iodomethane, iodosulfuron, cnaann / ιζπζ / β / υιλι iodosulfuron-ethyl-sodium, iophensulfuron, ioxinyl, ipazine, ipfencarbazone, iprimidam, isocarbamide, isocyl, isothiozine, isonoruron, isopolinate, isopropaline, isoproturon, isouron, isoxaben, isoxachlortol, isoxaflutol, isoxapyrifop, carbutylate, ketospiradox, lactofen, lenacil, linuron, MAA, MAMA, MCPA esters and amines, MCPA-thioethyl, MCPB, mecoprop, mecoprop-P, medinoterb, mefenacet, mefluidide, mesoprazine, mesosulfuron, mesotrione, metam, metamiphop, metamitron, metazachlor, metazosulfuron, metflurazone, metabenzthiazuron, metalpropaline, metazol, methiobencarb,methiazolin, methiuron, methometon, metoprotrin, methyl bromide, methyl isothiocyanate, methyldimron, methobenzuron, methobromuron, metolachlor, metosulam, methoxuron, metribuzin, metsulfuron, metsulfuron-methyl, molinate, monalide, monisouron, monochloroacetic acid, monolinuron, monuron, morphamquat, MSMA, naproanilide, napropamide, napropamide-M, naptalam, neburon, nicosulfuron, nipiraclofen, nitralin, nitrofen, nitrofluorfen, norflurazon, noruron, OCH, orbencarb, orthodichlorobenzene, orthosultamuron, oryzaline, oxadiargil, oxadiazone, oxapyrazon, oxasulfuron, oxaziclomefon, oxyfluorfen, parafluron, paraquat, pebulate, pelargonic acid, pendimethalin, penoxsulam, pentachlorophenol, pentanochlor, pentoxazone, perfluidone, petoxamid, phenisofam, phenmedifam (e.g., phenmedifam-ethyl), phenobenzuron, phenylmercury acetate, picloram, picolinafen, pinoxaden, piperofos, potassium arsenite, potassium azide, potassium cyanate, pretylachlor, primisulfuron (e.g., primisulfuron-methyl),CbQRnn / Ι7Π7 / Ε / ΥΙΛΙ procyazine, prodiamine, profluazol, profluralin, profoxidim, proglinazine, prohexadiona-calcium, prometon, prometrin, propachlor, propanil, propaquizafop, propazine, profam, propisoclor, propoxycarbazona, propyrisulfurón, propizamida, prosulfalin, prosulfocarb, prosulfurón, proxan, prinaclor, pidanon, pyraclonil, piraflufen (for example, pi raf I ufen - et i I o), pi ras u If oto I, pyrazogilo, pyrazolinate, pyrazosulfurón-ethyl, pyrazoxifen, piribenzoxim, piributicarb, piriclor, pyridafol, pyridate, piriftalid, piriminobac, pirimisulfan, piritiobac-sodium, pyroxasulfona, piroxsulam, quinclorac, quinmerac, quinoclamine, quinonamid, quizalofop, quizalofop-P (por ejemplo, quizalofop-P-etilo), rodetanil, rimsulfuron, saflufenacil, Smetolachlor, sebuthylazine, secbumetón, setoxidim, sidurón, simazine, simetón, simetrina, SMA, sodium arsenite, sodium azide, sodium chlorate, sulcotrione, sulfalate, sulfentrazona, sulfometurón, sulfosate, sulfosulfuron,ácido sulfúrico, sulglicapin, swep, TCA, tebutam, tebutiurón, t ef uri 11 riona, tembotriona, tepraloxidim, terbacil, terbucarb, terbuclor, terbumetón, terbutilazina, terbutrina, tetraflurón, tenilclor, tiazaflurón, tiazopir, tidiazimin, tidiazurón, tiencarbazona-metilo, tiobencarb, tiafenacil, tiocarbazil, tioclorim, tolpiralato, topramezona, tralcoxidim, triafamona, tri-alato, triasulfurón, triaziflam, tribenurón, tribenurón (por ejemplo, tribenurón-metilo), tricamba, triclopir (for example, the salt of triclopir), triclopir, tridifan, trietazina, trifloxisulfurón, trifludimoxazin, trifluralin, triflusulfurón, trifop, trifopsima, tri hidr ox itri az ina, trimeturón, tripropindan, tritac, tritosulfurón, vernolato, xilaclor, 4-amino-3-chloro-5-fluoro-6-(4-cloro, CbQRnn / Ι7Π7 / Ε / ΥI�ΛΙ 2-fluoro-3-metoxphenyl)pyridine-2-carboxyl acid, and mixtures thereof. In some embodiments, the compositions provided in this application also comprise at least one agriculturally acceptable adjuvant or carrier. The appropriate adjuvants or carriers must not be phytotoxic to valuable crops, particularly at the concentrations used when applying the compositions for selective weed control in the presence of crops, and must not react chemically with the herbicidal components or other ingredients of the composition. Such mixtures may be designed for direct application to weeds or their loci, or they may be concentrates or formulations that are normally diluted with additional carriers and adjuvants prior to application. These may be solids, such as powders, granules, water-dispersible granules, microcapsules, or wettable powders, or liquids, such as emulsifiable concentrates, solutions, emulsions, or suspensions.These can also be supplied as a premix or tank-mixed. Suitable agricultural adjuvants and carriers include, but are not limited to, oily crop concentrate; nonylphenol ethoxylate; benzylcocoalkyldimethyl quaternary ammonium salt; mixture of petroleum hydrocarbons, alkyl esters, organic acid, and anionic surfactant; C9-C11 alkylpolyglucoside; phosphated alcohol ethoxylate; ethoxylate CfrQRnn / ί7Π7 / Ε / ΥΙΛΙ of natural primary alcohol (C12-C16); di-secbutylphenol EO-PO block copolymer; polysiloxane-methyl cap; nonylphenol ethoxylate + urea ammonium nitrate; emulsified methylated seed oil; tridecyl alcohol ethoxylate (synthetic) (8EO); tallowamine ethoxylate (15 EO); PEG(400) dioleate-99. In some embodiments, the compositions described in this application are used in combination with one or more herbicide-resistant plant protectants, such as AD-67 (MON 4660), benoxacor, bentiocarb, brassinolide, cloquintocet (mexyl), ciometrinil, daimuron, dichlormid, dicyclonon, dimepiperate, disulfoton, fenchlorazoletil, fenchlorim, phyurazol, phyuxofenim, furylazol, harpin proteins, isoxadiphenethyl, jiecaowan, jiecaoxi, mefenpyr-diethyl, mefenate, naphthalic anhydride (NA), oxabetrinil, R29148, and N-phenylsulfonylbenzoic acid amides, to increase their selectivity. In some embodiments, the plant protectants are used in rice, cereal, or maize applications. In some formulations, the plant protectant is cloquintocet or an ester or salt thereof. In some formulations, cloquintocet is used to counteract the harmful effects of the formulations on rice and cereals. In some formulations, the plant protectant is cloquintocet (mexyl). Liquid vehicles that can be used include water and organic solvents.Organic solvents include, but are not limited to, petroleum hydrocarbon fractions such as mineral oil, aromatic solvents, paraffinic oils, and the like; vegetable oils such as soybean oil, rapeseed oil, olive oil, castor oil, sunflower seed oil, coconut oil, corn oil, cottonseed oil, linseed oil, palm oil, peanut oil, safflower oil, sesame oil, tung oil, and the like; esters of the above vegetable oils; esters of mono- or polyalcohols, dihydric, trihydric, or other lower polyalcohols (containing 4-6 hydroxy groups), such as 2-ethylhexyl stearate, n-butyl oleate, isopropyl myristate, propylene glycol dioleate, dioctyl succinate, di-butyl adipate, dioctyl phthalate and the like; esters of mono-, di- and polycarboxylic acids and the like.Specific organic solvents include, but are not limited to, toluene, xylene, petroleum naphtha, crop oil, acetone, methyl ethyl ketone, cyclohexanone, trichloroethylene, perchloroethylene, ethyl acetate, amyl acetate, butyl acetate, propylene glycol monomethyl ether, diethylene glycol monomethyl ether, methyl alcohol, ethyl alcohol, isopropyl alcohol, amyl alcohol, propylene glycol, glycerin, N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone, N,N-dimethylalkylamides, dimethyl sulfoxide, liquid fertilizers, and the like. In some embodiments, water is the vehicle for diluting the concentrates. Suitable solid vehicles include, but are not limited to, talc, pyrophyllite clay, silica, attapulgite clay, kaolin clay, kieselguhr, chalk, diatomaceous earth, lime, calcium carbonate, bentonite clay, Fuller's earth, cottonseed hulls, wheat flour, soybean meal, pumice, sawdust, CfrQAnn / ί7Π7 / E / YΙΛΙ nut shell flour, lignin, cellulose, and the like. In some embodiments, the compositions described in this application also comprise one or more surfactants. In some embodiments, these surfactants are used in both solid and liquid compositions, and in some embodiments, they are designed to be diluted with a vehicle prior to application. The surfactants may be anionic, cationic, or nonionic and may be used as emulsifying agents, wetting agents, suspending agents, or for other purposes. Surfactants that may also be used in the formulations described herein are described, among others, in McCutcheon's Detergents and Emulsifiers Annual, MC Publishing Corporation: Ridgewood, NJ, 1998, and in Encyclopedia of Surfactants, Vol. I-III, Chemical Publishing Company: New York, 1980-81.Surfactants include, but are not limited to, alkyl sulfate salts, such as diethanolammonium sulfate; alkylyl sulfonate salts, such as calcium dodecylbenzenesulfonate; alkylphenol-alkylene oxide addition products, such as calcium nonylphenol ethoxylate; alkylene alcohol-oxide addition products, such as calcium tridecyl alcohol ethoxylate; soaps, such as sodium stearate; alkylnaphthalenesulfonate salts, such as sodium dibutylnaphthalenesulfonate; dialkyl esters of sulfosuccinate salts, such as sodium di(2-ethylhexyl)sulfosuccinate; sorbitol esters, such as sorbitol oleate; and quaternary amines, such as chloride. CfrQAnn / ί7Π7 / E / YΙΛΙ I au ri Itr im eti I am on io; polyethylene glycol esters of fatty acids, such as polyethylene glycol stearate; block copolymers of ethylene oxide and propylene oxide; salts of monoalkyl- and dialkyl-phosphate esters; vegetable or oilseed oils such as soybean oil, rapeseed / canola oil, olive oil, castor oil, sunflower seed oil, coconut oil, corn oil, cottonseed oil, linseed oil, palm oil, peanut oil, safflower oil, sesame oil, tung oil and the like; and esters of the above vegetable oils, and in some embodiments, methyl esters. In some forms, these materials, such as vegetable or oilseed oils and their esters, can be used interchangeably as an agricultural agent, as a liquid carrier, or as a surfactant. Other examples of additives to be used in the compositions provided in this application include, but are not limited to, compatibility agents, antifoaming agents, sequestering agents, neutralizing and buffering agents, corrosion inhibitors, colorants, flavorings, spreading agents, penetration aids, adhering agents, dispersing agents, thickening agents, freezing point depressants, antimicrobial agents, and the like. The compositions may also contain other compatible components, for example, other herbicides, plant growth regulators, fungicides, insecticides, and the like, and may be formulated with fertilizers. CfrQAnn / ί7Π7 / E / YILI liquids or vehicles for solid, particulate fertilizer such as ammonium nitrate, urea and the like. In some embodiments, the concentration of the active ingredients in the compositions described in this application is approximately 0.0005 to 98 percent by weight. In some embodiments, the concentration is approximately 0.0006 to 90 percent by weight. In compositions designed for use as concentrates, the active ingredients are present, in some embodiments, at a concentration of approximately 0.1 to 98 percent by weight, and in some embodiments, approximately 0.5 to 90 percent by weight. Such compositions are, in some embodiments, diluted with an inert vehicle, such as water, prior to application. The diluted compositions usually applied to weeds or to the weed locus contain, in some embodiments, approximately 0.003 to 99 percent by weight of active ingredient, and in some embodiments, approximately 0.08 to 25.0 percent by weight. IV. Application Methods The present application also provides methods for controlling undesirable vegetation, comprising contacting the vegetation or the vegetation locus, i.e., the area adjacent to the vegetation, with a herbicidally effective amount of (a) fluroxypyr or an agriculturally acceptable ester or salt thereof and (b) an ALS-inhibiting herbicide including, but not limited to, diclosulam, chloransulam, chlorimuron, and tifensulfuron, or an agriculturally acceptable ester or salt thereof. In one embodiment, this application provides methods for controlling undesirable vegetation comprising contacting the vegetation or the vegetation locus, i.e., the area adjacent to the vegetation, with a herbicidally effective amount of (a) fluroxypyr or an agriculturally acceptable ester or salt thereof and (b) an ALS-inhibiting herbicide. In some embodiments, the ALS-inhibiting herbicide is diclosulam, chloransulam-methyl, chlorimuron-ethyl, or thifensulfuron-methyl. Herbicidal activity is exhibited by the compounds when they are applied post-emergence directly to the plant or to the plant at any stage of growth. The observed effect depends on the plant species to be controlled, the plant's growth stage, the application parameters (dilution and droplet size for spraying), the particle size of solid components, the environmental conditions at the time of use, the specific compound used, the specific adjuvants and carriers used, the soil type, and similar factors, as well as the amount of chemical agent applied. These and other factors can be adjusted to promote non-selective or selective herbicidal action. In some formulations, the compositions described in this application are applied post-emergence to relatively immature and mature weed vegetation for maximum control. CfrQAnn / ί7Π7 / E / YΙΛΙ The compositions and methods provided in this application may be used to control undesirable vegetation. Undesirable vegetation includes, but is not limited to, undesirable vegetation occurring in soybean, cotton, corn, canola / rapeseed, sugar beet, sunflower, alfalfa, sorghum, and rice crops. CfrQAnn / ί7Π7 / E / YΙΛΙ wheat, barley, oats and other cereal crops areas not intended for cultivation including but not limited to pastureland, meadowland, grazing land, fallow land, fences, parking areas, tank farms, storage areas, rights of way, utility areas, lawns, forestry, water activities, industrial vegetation management (IVM) and fallow beds prior to planting crops;perennial crops where the application comes into contact with undesirable vegetation but does not come into contact with the foliage of the crop, such as orchards and vineyards, including but not limited to fruit crops of citrus, grapes, almond, apple, apricot, avocado, beech nut, Brazil nut, pumpkin, cashew, cherry, chestnut, dwarf chestnut (chinquapin), crab apple, date, feijoa, fig, hazelnut, pecan, kiwi, medlar, macadamia nut, hawthorn, nectarine, olive, peach, pear, pecan, persimmon, pistachio, plum, pomegranate, prune, quince and walnut; fruit crops (e.g., blueberry, guava, papaya, strawberries, taro (Colocasia escalenta), blackberry and raspberries) and plantation crops (including but not limited to coffee, cocoa, rubber and oil palm). In some embodiments, the methods provided in the present application are used to control undesirable vegetation found in row crops. In some modalities, the undesirable vegetation is Abutilon theophrasti Medik. (ABUTH), Amaranthus palmeri S. Wats. (AMAPA), species of Amaranthus (AMASS), Amaranthus retroflexus (AMARE), Amaranthus rudis Sauer (AMATA), Ambrosia artemisiifolia L. (AMBEL), Ambrosia psilostachya DC. (AMBPS), Ambrosia trifida L. (AMBTR), Asclepias syriaca L. (ASCSY), Chenopodium album L. (CHEAL), Cirsium arvense (L.) Scop. (GIRAR), Commelina benghalensis L. (COMBE), Cyperus esculentus L. (CYPES), Cyperus rotundus L. (CYPRO), Datura stramonium L. (DATST), Daucus carota L. (DAUCA), Euphorbia heterophylla L. (EPHHL), Erígeron bonarinsís L. (EPHHL), Erígeron bonarinsís L. L. Erronige L. (ERICA), Helianthus annuus L. (HELAN), Jacquemontia tamnifolia (L.) Griseb. (IAQTA), Ipomoea hederacea (L.) Jacq. (IPOHE), Ipomoea lacunosa L. (IPOLA), Lactuca serriola L. / Tom.(LACSE), Portulaca oleracea L. (POROL), Sida cordifolia L. (SIDCO), Sida spinosa L. (SIDSP), Sinapis arvensis L. (SINAR), Solarium ptychanthum Dunal (SOLPT) or Xantium strumarium L. (XANST). In some instances, the methods provided in this application are used to control undesirable vegetation found in tree and vineyard crops, perennial crops, and non-cultivated areas. In some instances, the undesirable vegetation is Amaranthus palmeri S. Wats. (AMAPA), Amaranthus species (AMASS), Amaranthus retroflexus (AMARE), Amaranthus rudis Sauer (AMATA), and Sesbania exaltata (Raf.) Cory / Rydb. ex Hill. CbQRnn / Ι7Π7 / Ε / ΥΙΛΙ (SEBEX), Abutilón theophrasti Medik. (ABUTH), Ambrosia artemisiifolia L. (AMBEL), Ambrosia psilostachya DC. (AMBPS), Ambrosia trífida L. (AMBTR), Anoda cristata (L.) Sclecht. (ANVCR), Asclepias syriaca L. (ASCSY), Bidens pilosa L. (BIDPI), especies de Borreria (BOISS), Borreria alata (Aubl.) DC. O Spermacoce alata Aubl. o Spermacoce latifolia (BOILF), Chenopodium álbum L. (CHEAL), Cirsium arvense (L.) Scop. (GIRAR), Commelina benghalensis L. (COMBE), Datura stramonium L. (DATST), Cyperus esculentus L. (CYPES), Cyperus rotundus L. (CYPRO), Daucus carota L. (DAUCA), Euphorbia heterophylla L. (EPHHL), Euphorbia hirta L. or Chamaesyce hirta (L.) Millsp. (EPHHI), Euphorbia dentata Michx. (EPHDE), Erígeron bonariensis L. or Conyza bonariensis (L.) Cronq. (ERIBO), Erigeron canadensis L. or Conyza canadensis (L.) Cronq. (ERICA), Conyza sumatrensis (Retz.) E.H. Walker (ERIFL), Helianthus annuus L. (HELAN), Jacquemontia tamnifolia (L.) Griseb. (IAQTA), Ipomoea hederacea (L.) Jacq. (IPOHE), Ipomoea lacunosa L. (IPOLA), Lactuca serriola L. / Torn. (LACSE), Portulaca oleracea L. (POROL), Richardia species (RCHSS), Salsola tragus L. (SASKR), Sida species (SIDSS), Sida spinosa L. (SIDSP), Sinapis arvensis L. (SINAR), Solanum ptychanthum Dunal (SOLPT), Tridax procumbens L. (TRQPR) or Xantium strumarium L. (XANST). In some instances, the methods provided in this application are used to control undesirable vegetation in pasture and mountain areas. In some instances, the undesirable vegetation is Amaranthus palmen' S. Wats. (AMAPA), a species of CfrQAnn / ί7Π7 / E / YΙΛΙ Amaranthus (AMASS), Ambrosia artemisiifolia L. (AMBEL), Ambrosia trífida L. (AMBTR), Cassia obtusifolia (CASOB), Centaurea maculosa auct. not Lam. (CENMA), Cirsium arvense (L.) Scop. (GIRAR), Convolvulus arvensis L. (CONAR), Conyza canadensis (L.) Cronq. (ERICA), Euphorbia esula L. (EPHES), Lactuca serriola L. / Torn. (LACSE), Plantago lanceolata L. (PLALA), Rumex obtusifolius L. (RUMOB), Salsola tragus L. (SASKR), Sesbania exaltata (Raf.) Cory / Rydb. Ex Hill (SEBEX), Sida spinosa L. (SIDSP), Sinapis arvensis L. (SINAR), Sonchus arvensis L. (SONAR), especies de Solidago (SOOSS), Taraxacum officinale GH Weber ex Wiggers (TAROF), Trifolium repens L. (TRFRE) o Urtica dioica L. (URTDI). In some embodiments, the methods provided in the present application are used to control undesirable vegetation on rice. In some modalities, the undesirable vegetation is Cyperus difformis L. (smallflower flatsedge, CYPDI), Cyperus esculentus L. (CYPES), Cyperus iría L. (CYPIR), Cyperus rotundus L. (CYPRO), species of Eleocharis (ELOSS), Filacellis milia. (FIMMI), Schoenoplectus juncoides Roxb. (SCPJU), Schoenoplectus maritimus L. (SCPMA), Schoenoplectus mucronatus L. (SCPMU), species of Aeschynomene (AESSS), Alternanthera phíloxeroides (Mart.) Griseb. (ALRPH), Alisma plantago-aquatica L. (ALSPA), species of Amaranthus, (AMASS), Ammannia coccinea Rottb. (AMMCO), Eclipta alba (L.) Hassk. (ECLAL), Heteranthera limosa (SW.) Willd. / Vahl (HETLI), Heteranthera reniformis R. & P. ​​(HETRE), Ipomoea hederacea (L.) Jacq. (IPOHE), Lindernia dubia (L.) Pennell (LIDDU), Monochoria korsakowii Regel & Maack (MOOKA), Monochoria vaginalis (Burm. F.) C .Presl ex Kuhth, (MOOVA), Murdannia nudiflora (L.) Brenan (MUDNU), Polygonum pensylvanicum L., (POLPY), Polygonum persicaria L. (POLPE), Polygonum hydropiperoides Michx. (POLHP), Rotala indica (Willd.) Koehne (ROTIN), especies de Sagittaria (SAGSS), Sesbania exaltata (Raf.) Cory / Rydb. Ex Hill (SEBEX), or Sphenoclea zeylanica Gaertn. (SPDZE). In some ways, the methods provided herein are used to control unwanted vegetation in cereals. In some ways, undesirable vegetation is Cirsium arvense (L.) Scop. (GIRAR), Galium aparine L. (GALAP), Kochia scoparia (L.) Schrad. (KCHSC), Lamium purpureum L. (LAMPU), Matricaria recutita L. (MATCH), Matricaria matricarioides (Less.) Porter (MATMT), Papaver rhoeas L. (PAPRH), Polygonum convolvulus L. (POLCO), Salsola tragus L. (SASKR), Stellaria media (L.) Vill. (STEME), Verónica pérsica Poir. (VERPE), Viola arvensis Murr. (VIOAR) or Viola tricolor L. (VIOTR). In some modalities, the combination of fluroxypyr e ALS inhibitors is used to synergistically control Abutilon theophrasti (ABUTH), Amaranthus retroflexus L. (AMARE), Amaranthus rudis Sauer (AMATA), Amaranthus palmen' S. Wats. (AMAPA), Chenopodium album (CHEAL), Commelina benghalensis (COMBE), Polygonum convolvulus L. (POLCO) and Sida cordifolia L. (SIDCO). CbQRnn / Ι7Π7 / Ε / ΥΙΛΙ In some modalities, the methods and compositions using fluroxypyr or an ester or salt thereof acceptable from an agricultural standpoint (for example, fIuroxip¡r-meptiIo) and diclosulam are used to control ABUTH, AMATA, CHEAL, COMBE, or SIDCO. In some forms, methods and compositions using fluroxypyr or an agriculturally acceptable ester or salt thereof (e.g., fluroxypyr-meptyl) and chloransulam or an agriculturally acceptable ester or salt thereof (e.g., chloransulam-methyl) are used to control ABUTH, AMATA, or CHEAL. In some forms, methods and compositions using fluroxypyr or an agriculturally acceptable ester or salt thereof (e.g., fluroxypyr-meptyl) and chlorimuron or an agriculturally acceptable ester or salt thereof (e.g., chlorimuron-ethyl) are used to control ABUTH or AMATA. In some embodiments, methods and compositions using fluroxypyr or an agriculturally acceptable ester or salt thereof (e.g., fluroxypyr-meptyl) and thifensulfuron or an agriculturally acceptable ester or salt thereof (e.g., thifensulfuron-methyl) are used to control AMARE, ABUTH, AMAPA, CHEAL, or POLCO. Fluroxypyr and ALS inhibitors can be used to control herbicide-resistant or tolerant weeds. Methods using the combination of fluroxypyr and ALS inhibitors and the The compositions described in this application can also be used to control herbicide-resistant or tolerant weeds. Examples of resistant or tolerant weeds include, but are not limited to, biotypes resistant or tolerant to acetolactate synthase (ALS) or acetohydroxy acid synthase (AHAS) inhibitors (e.g., imidazolinones, sulfonylureas, pyrimidinylthiobenzoates, dimethoxypyrimidines, triazolopyrimidine sulfonamides, sulfonylaminocarbonyl triazolinones), photosystem II inhibitors (e.g., phenylcarbamates, pyridazinones, triazines, triazinones, uracils, amides, ureas, benzothiadiazinones, nitriles, phenyridazines), acetyl CoA carboxylase (ACCase) inhibitors (e.g., aryloxyphenoxypropionates, cyclohexanediones, phenylpyrazolines), synthetic auxins (e.g., benzoic acids, acids phenoxycarboxylic acids, pyridinecarboxylic acids, quinolinecarboxylic acids),auxin transport inhibitors (e.g., phthalates, semicarbazones), photosystem I inhibitors (e.g., bipyridinium i os), 5-enolpyruvylshikimate-3-phosphate (EPSP) synthase inhibitors (e.g., glyphosate), glutamine synthetase inhibitors (e.g., glufosinate, bialofos), microtubule assembly inhibitors (e.g., benzamides, benzoic acids, dinitroanilines, phosphoramidates, pyridines), mitosis inhibitors (e.g., carbamates), very long-chain fatty acid (VLCFA) inhibitors (e.g., acetamides, chloroacetamides, oxyacetamides, tetrazolinones), fatty acid and lipid synthesis inhibitors (e.g., phosphorodithioates, thiocarbamates, cnaann / ιζπζ / β / υιλι benzofurans, chlorocarbonic acids), protoporphyrinogen oxidase (PPO) inhibitors (e.g., diphenyl ethers, Nf en i If tal im id as, oxadiazoles, oxazolidinediones, phenylpyrazoles, pyrimidinidiones, thiadiazoles,triazolinones), carotenoid biosynthesis inhibitors (e.g., clomazone, amitrol, aclonifen), phytoene desaturase (PDS) inhibitors (e.g., amides, anilidex, furanones, phenoxybutanamides, pyridiazinones, pyridines), 4-hydroxyphenylpyruvate dioxygenase (HPPD) inhibitors (e.g., calistemonas, isoxazoles, pyrazoles, triketones), cellulose biosynthesis inhibitors (e.g., nitriles, benzamides, quinclorac, triazolocarboxamides), herbicides with multiple modes of action such as quinclorac, and unclassified herbicides such as arylaminopropionic acids, difenzoquat, endothal, and organoarsenics. Examples of resistant or tolerant weeds include, but are not limited to, biotypes with resistance or tolerance to single or multiple herbicides, biotypes with resistance or tolerance to single or multiple chemical classes, biotypes with resistance or tolerance to single or multiple herbicide modes of action,and biotypes with individual or multiple resistance or tolerance mechanisms (e.g., target site resistance or metabolic resistance). The compositions and methods described in this application can also be used to control undesirable vegetation in glyphosate, 2,4-D, and glufosinate-tolerant soybeans, corn, or cotton, which can also be combined with traits that provide tolerance to dicamba (e.g., DMO), pyridyloxyauxin tolerance (e.g., aad-12, aad-13), auxin tolerance, auxin transport inhibitor tolerance, acetyl CoA carboxylase (ACCase) inhibitor herbicide tolerance [e.g., aryloxyphenoxypropionate, cyclohexanedione, and other ACCase genes and the aad-1 gene]], and acetolactate synthase (ALS) inhibitor herbicide tolerance [e.g., imidazolinone, sulfonylurea, triazolopyrimidinsulfonamide, pyrimidinylthiobenzoate, and other chemicals]. AHAS, Csrl, SurA), tolerance to the 4-hydroxyphenylpyruvate dioxygenase (HPPD) inhibitor, tolerance to the pitoene desaturase (PDS) inhibitor (e.g., pds, CYP1A1,CYP2B6, CYP2C19), carotenoid biosynthesis inhibitor tolerance, protoporphyrinogen oxidase (PPO) inhibitor tolerance, cellulose biosynthesis inhibitor tolerance (e.g., ixr2-1, CYP1A1), mitosis inhibitor tolerance, microtubule inhibitor tolerance, very long-chain fatty acid (VLCFA) inhibitor tolerance (e.g., CYP1A1, CYP2B6, CYP2C19), fatty acid and lipid biosynthesis inhibitor tolerance (e.g., CYP1A1), photosystem I inhibitor tolerance (e.g., SOD), photosystem II inhibitor tolerance (triazine, nitrile, and phenylurea chemistries) (e.g., psbA, CYP1A1, CYP2B6, CYP2C19, and Bxn), in cultures (such as, but not limited to a, soybeans, corn, cotton, canola / rapeseed, rice, cereals, sorghum, sunflower, sugar beet, sugarcane, alfalfa and turfgrass), for example, in conjunction with glyphosate, 5-enolpyruvylshikimate-3-phosphate (EPSP) synthase inhibitors,glutamine synthetase inhibitors, dicamba, phenoxyauxins, pyridyloxyauxins, synthetic auxins, auxin transport inhibitors, aryloxyphenoxypropionates, cyclohexanediones, phenylpyrazolines, ACCase inhibitors, imidazolinones, sulfonylureas, pyrimidinylthiobenzoates, dimethoxypyrimidines, triazolopirimidinesulfonamides, sulfonylaminocarbonyltriazolinones, ALS or acetohydroxy acid synthase (AHAS) inhibitors, HPPD inhibitors, PDS inhibitors, carotenoid biosynthesis inhibitors, PPO inhibitors, cellulose biosynthesis inhibitors, mitosis inhibitors, microtubule inhibitors, very long-chain fatty acid inhibitors, fatty acid and lipid biosynthesis inhibitors, photosystem I inhibitors, photosystem inhibitors II, triazines, and bromoxynil. The compositions and methods can be used to control unwanted vegetation in soybeans, corn,or cotton that possess individual and multiple or stacked traits that confer tolerance to individual or multiple chemicals and / or inhibitors of multiple modes of action. In some embodiments, glyphosate-dimethylammonium (glyphosate-DMA), 2,4-D-choline, and glufosinate-ammonium are used in combination with herbicides that are selective for the soybean, corn, or cotton being treated and which complement the spectrum of weeds controlled by these compounds at the application rate used. In some embodiments, the compositions described in this application and other complementary herbicides are applied at the same time, either as a combination formulation or as a tank mix, simultaneously or as sequential applications. As used in this application, 2,4-D tolerance refers to soybeans, corn, cotton, wheat, barley, oats, sorghum, sunflower, sugarcane, sugar beet, canola, and rice that are genetically modified to be tolerant to 2,4-D. Examples of 2,4-D tolerance include soybeans containing the aad-12 gene, which confers 2,4-D tolerance (U.S. Patent 8,283,522 B2). As used in this application, 2,4-D-tolerant corn refers to corn that is genetically modified to be tolerant to 2,4-D. Examples of 2,4-D-tolerant corn include corn containing the aad-1 gene, which confers 2,4-D tolerance (U.S. Patent 7,838,733 B2). As used in this application, 2,4-D tolerant cotton refers to cotton that is genetically modified to be tolerant to 2,4-D. Examples of 2,4-D tolerant cotton include cotton containing the aad-12 gene, which confers tolerance to 2,4-D.However, the tolerance in each of these crops by the genes aad-1 or aad-12 or with alternative genes that provide additional or alternative tolerance to transgenic crops [for example, aad-13 (US patent 8,278,505 B2), tfdA (US patent 6,153,401 A), or 24dt02 (CN 103060279)] are considered to be included within the scope of the 2,4-D and glufosinate tolerant soybeans, corn or cotton described in this application. As used in this application, tolerance to CbQRnn / I7P7 / E / YILI glyphosate refers to soybeans, corn, cotton, wheat, barley, oats, sorghum, sugar beets, sunflower, canola / rapeseed, and rice that are genetically modified to be glyphosate-tolerant. Glyphosate tolerance may be provided, for example, by the CP4 gene (U.S. patent 5,627,061 A) or 2mEPSPS (U.S. patent 6,566,587 B1) as shown in this application; However, glyphosate tolerance could also be conferred within the scope of glyphosate, 2,4-D, and glufosinate-tolerant soybeans, corn, cotton, wheat, barley, oats, sorghum, sunflower, sugarcane, sugar beet, canola / rapeseed, and rice described herein by other genes that provide glyphosate tolerance in the transgenic crop [e.g., AroA and other Class II EPSPS (U.S. patent 7,893,234 B2); GLG23 and other Class III EPSPS (U.S. patent 7,700,842 B2); GA T (U.S. patent 7,405,074 B2); Gox (U.S. patent5,463,175 A), or another glyphosate metabolism gene; or DGT28 or another Class IV EPSPS (US Patent Application Publication 20130217577A1)] are considered to be included within the scope of the 2,4-D, glyphosate, and glufosinate-tolerant soybeans, corn, cotton, wheat, barley, oats, sorghum, and rice described in this application. As used in this application, glufosinate tolerance refers to soybeans, corn, cotton, wheat, barley, oats, sunflower, alfalfa, canola / rapeseed, sugar beet, and rice that are genetically modified to be glufosinate tolerant. Glufosinate tolerance may be provided, for example, by the CfrQAnn / ί7P7 / E / YILI gene pat (US patent 5,587,903 A) as shown in the present application; however, glufosinate tolerance may also be conferred within the scope of the 2,4-D and glufosinate tolerant soybeans, maize or cotton described in the present application by other genes that provide tolerance of the transgenic crop to glufosinate [e.g., bar (US patent 5,561,236 A) and dsm2 (international PCT application WO2008070845)]. The components of the mixtures described in this application can be applied either separately, sequentially, tank-mixed, or as part of a multi-part herbicide mixture or system. The present compositions can be applied to weeds or their locus by means of conventional ground or aerial sprayers, sprinklers, and granule applicators, and by other conventional means known to those skilled in the art. The described modifications and the following examples are for illustrative purposes and are not intended to limit the scope of the claims. Other modifications, uses, or combinations of the compositions described in this application will be obvious to a person skilled in the art without departing from the scope and field of the claimed subject matter. cfrQAnn / Lznz / E / YiAi EXAMPLES CfrQAnn / ί7Π7 / E / YΙΛΙ EXAMPLE 1 Evaluation of the herbicidal activity of mixtures under greenhouse conditions Methodology Seeds of the desired test plant species are planted in Metro-Mix 360® peat-based potting soil in plastic pots with a surface area of ​​128 square centimeters (cm²). Metro-Mix 360® consists of formulated Canadian sphagnum peat moss, coarse perlite, tree bark ash, a starter nutrient (with gypsum), slow-release nitrogen, and dolomitic limestone. The plants are grown for 7–19 days in a greenhouse with a photoperiod of approximately 14 hours (h), maintained at approximately 29°C during the day and 26°C at night. Nutrients and water are added regularly, and supplemental lighting is provided with overhead 1000-watt metal halide lamps as needed. The plants are treated with post-emergence foliar applications when they reach the third to fourth true leaf stage.All treatments are applied using a randomized complete block test design, with 4 replicates per treatment. The treatments consist of the compounds listed in Tables 1 through 4, each compound applied alone and in combination. The commercially formulated products are fluroxypyrmeptyl (STARANE™, 333 grams of acid equivalent per liter (g ae / liter) EC), diclosulam (SPIDER® 84WG), chloransulam-methyl (FIRSTRATE™ 84WG), chlorimuron-ethyl (CLASSIC® 25WG), and thifensulfuron-methyl (HARMONY® 50SG). Formulated quantities of fluroxypyr-meptyl, diclosulam, chloransulam-methyl, chlorimuron-ethyl, and thifensulfuron-methyl are placed in 60-milliliter (ml) glass vials and dissolved in an application rate of 30 or 60 ml of an aqueous solution containing Agri-dex crop oil concentrate at a 1% volume-to-volume (v / v) ratio. The compound requirements are based on either an application volume of 30 ml or 60 ml at a rate of 200 liters per hectare (L / ha).Spray solutions of the mixtures are prepared by adding stock solutions to the appropriate amount of dilution solution to form either a 30 ml or 60 ml spray solution with active ingredients in single and two-way combinations. The formulated compounds are applied to the plant material using a Generation III research overhead sprayer manufactured by DeVries Manufacturing in Hollandale, MN, USA. The overhead sprayer is equipped with an 8003E nozzle calibrated to deliver 200 liters / ha at a spray height of 18 inches (43 centimeters) above the average plant canopy. The treated plants and the untreated control plants CfrQAnn / ί7Π7 / E / YΙΛΙ are placed in a greenhouse as described above and are watered by sub-irrigation to avoid washing away the test compounds. Assessment Treatments are rated 7 to 21 days after application (DAA) compared to untreated control plants. Visual weed control is rated on a scale of 0 to 100 percent, where 0 corresponds to no damage and 100 corresponds to complete eradication. EXAMPLE 2 Evaluation of the herbicidal activity of the mixtures under field conditions Methodology Field trials are conducted using standard small-plot herbicide research methodology. Plots range from 3 x 3.3 meters (m) to 4.5 x 10 m (width x length) with four replicates per treatment. Crops used in field trials are grown using normal agricultural practices for soil preparation, fertilization, planting, and maintenance to ensure good crop and weed growth. All treatments in the field trials were applied using either backpack or bicycle sprayers with pressurized air or carbon dioxide (CO2) calibrated to apply a spray volume of 100–187 liters / ha. Flat fan nozzles were used in all trials, with water as the diluent applied at 275–300 kilopascals (kPa). Weed sizes at application ranged from 10 to 40 cm in height. The commercially available products (STARANE™, 180 and 333 g ae / liter EC), diclosulam (SPIDER® 84WG), and tifensulfuron-methyl (HARMONY® 75WG) are mixed in water at the appropriate formulated product rates to achieve the desired application rates, based on a unit application area (hectare) as shown. No adjuvant is tank-mixed with any of the treatments applied in the field trials.Treatments are rated 14–26 days after application compared to untreated control plants. Visual weed control is rated on a scale of 0 to 100 percent, where 0 corresponds to no damage and 100 corresponds to complete eradication. CfrQAnn / ί7Π7 / E / YΙΛΙ Assessment The treated plots and the control plots are rated blindly at various intervals after application. Ratings are reported on a visual control basis in percent (%), where 0 corresponds to no visual effect / weed control and 100 corresponds to complete annihilation of the target weeds. Tables 1-4 demonstrate the synergistic herbicidal efficacy of fluroxypyr-meptyl tank mixtures for weed control. All treatment results, for both the individual product and the mixtures, are averages of 4 replicates, and tank mixture interactions are significant at the P>0.05 level. The spectrum of weeds includes, but is not limited to, Abutilon theophrasti (ABUTH), Amaranthus retroflexus L. (AMARE), Amaranthus rudis Sauer (AMATA), Amaranthus palmeri S. Wats. (AMAPA), Chenopodium album (CHEAL), Commelina benghalensis (COMBE), Polygonum convolvulus L. (POLCO) and Sida cordifolia L. (SIDCO). The Colby equation was used to determine the expected herbicidal effects of the mixtures (Colby, SR. Calculation of the synergistic and antagonistic response of herbicide combinations. Weeds 1967 15, 20-22). A t-test (alpha=0.05) was used to compare the Colby predictions with the observed combinations to analyze for significant differences indicating synergy or antagonism. The results presented in the Tables are significant according to the described criteria. The following equation is used to calculate the expected activity of mixtures containing two active ingredients, A and B: CbQRnn / I7P7 / E / YILI Expected = A + B - (A x B / 100) CbQRnn / I7P7 / B / YILI A = observed efficacy of ingredient A at the same concentration as used in the mixture; B = observed efficacy of active ingredient B at the same concentration as used in the mixture. The results are presented in summary form in Tables 1-4. TABLE 1 Synergistic post-emergence herbicide weed control (visual control in percent (%)) from combinations of fluroxypyrmeptil and diclosulam in greenhouse trials 8 to 26 days after application 1 (DAA1). Fluroxypyr-meptyl Diclosulam Bayer Weed Combination Evaluation Interval g ea / ha % of mean weed control g ia / ha % of mean weed control % of mean weed control measured % of mean weed control predicted by Colby ABUTH 1 4DAA1 25 70.0 1.1 28.8 98.5 78.3 ABUTH 21 DAA1 25 72.5 1.1 30.0 100.0 80.6 AMATA 21 DAA1 50 37.5 8.8 28.8 96.3 55.5 AMATA 8DAA1 50 60.0 8.8 51.3 95.5 80.4 CHEAL 8DAA1 50 43.3 8.8 38.3 75.0 66.2 CHEAL 1 4DAA1 50 20.0 2.2 3.3 43.3 22.3 TABLE 1 (cont.) Fluroxypyr-meptyl Diclosulam Bayer Weed Combination Evaluation Interval g ea / ha % of mean weed control g ia / ha % of mean weed control % of mean weed control measured % of mean weed control predicted by Colby CHEAL 1 4DAA1 50 20.0 8.8 21.7 73.3 37.3 AMATA 1 4DAA1 50 43.8 8.8 27.5 95.0 59.9 CHEAL 21 DAA1 50 18.3 2.2 5.0 43.3 22.3 CHEAL 21DAA1 50 18.3 4.4 1 6.7 41.7 32.8 CHEAL 21 DAA1 50 18.3 8.8 31.7 70.0 43.6 AMATA 1 4DAA1 1 00 37.5 4.4 28.8 63.8 54.8 AMATA 1 4DAA1 1 00 37.5 8.8 27.5 65.0 55.8 CHEAL 21 DAA1 1 00 21 .0 4.4 1 6.7 48.3 34.0 AMATA 21DAA1 1 00 38.8 4.4 25.0 65.0 52.9 AMATA 21 DAA1 1 00 38.8 8.8 28.8 66.3 56.7 COMBE 1 4DAA1 200 27.5 25.2 41.3 72.5 57.5 COMBE 26DAA1 200 25.0 25.2 1 7.5 61.3 37.8 SIDCO 14DAA1 200 30.0 25.2 23.3 61.7 49.0 TABLE 2 Synergistic post-emergence herbicide weed control (visual control in percent (%)) from combinations of fluroxypyrmeptyl and chloransulam-methyl in field trials at 8 to days after application 1 (DAA1) Fluroxypyr-meptyl Chloransulam-methyl Bayer Weed Combination Evaluation Interval g ea / ha % of mean weed control g ia / ha % of mean weed control % of mean weed control measured % of mean weed control predicted by Colby AMATA 8DAA1 25 42.5 4.4 58.8 98.8 76.3 CHEAL 8DAA1 25 33.3 4.4 35.0 68.3 56.7 ABUTH 1 4DAA1 25 68.3 1.1 38.3 92.0 80.5 ABUTH 1 4DAA1 25 70.0 4.4 70.0 99.0 91.2 CHEAL 14DAA1 25 10.0 4.4 11.7 71.7 20.5 AMATA 1 4DAA1 25 21 .3 4.4 38.8 97.5 51 .9 ABUTH 21 DAA1 25 71 .7 1.1 40.0 94.0 82.8 ABUTH 21 DAA1 25 72.5 4.4 70.0 100.0 91 .8 CHEAL 21 DAA1 25 18.3 4.4 11.0 73.3 27.3 AMATA 21DAA1 25 22.5 4.4 37.5 95.0 52.0 CHEAL 21 DAA1 50 18.3 8.8 1 0.0 36.7 27.2 CHEAL 1 4DAA1 1 00 33.3 1.1 1 6.7 55.0 44.7 CHEAL 21 DAA1 1 00 21 .0 1.1 8.3 43.3 28.8 CHEAL 21 DAA1 1 00 21.0 4.4 11.0 43.3 30.0 CHEAL 21DAA1 1 00 21 .0 8.8 1 0.0 53.3 28.7 TABLE 3 Synergistic post-emergence herbicide weed control (visual control in percent (%)) from combinations of fluroxypyrmeptyl and chlorimuron-ethyl in field trials 7 to 14 days after application 1 (DAA1) Fluroxypyr-meptyl Chlorimuron-ethyl Bayer Weed Combination Evaluation Interval g ea / ha % of mean weed control g ia / ha % of mean weed control % of mean weed control measured % of mean weed control predicted by Colby AMATA 7DAA1 25 25.0 8.8 41.3 68.8 55.8 AMATA 14DAA1 25 7.5 8.8 28.8 46.3 34.1 ABUTH 14DAA1 50 67.0 1.1 56.3 89.3 85.1 ABUTH 14DAA1 1 00 80.8 2.2 62.5 95.0 92.5 TABLE 4 Synergistic post-emergence herbicide weed control (visual control in percent (%)) from combinations of fluroxypyrmeptyl and thifensulfuron-methyl in field trials 7 to 21 days after application 1 (DAA1). CbQRnn / I7P7 / B / YILI Fluroxypyr-meptyl Tyfensulfuron-methyl Bayer Weed Combination Evaluation Interval g ea / ha % of mean weed control g ia / ha % of mean weed control % of mean weed control measured % of mean weed control predicted by Colby AMARE 21 DAA1 1 7.5 3.8 13.0 90.0 97.5 90.4 CHEAL 21 DAA1 1 7.5 3.8 13.0 90.0 97.5 90.4 POLCO 21 DAA1 1 7.5 2.5 13.0 90.0 97.5 90.5 AMAPA 7DAA1 50 48.8 2.2 22.5 75.0 60.4 ABUTH 1 4DAA1 1 00 80.0 0.6 56.3 100.0 91 .3 ABUTH 1 4DAA1 1 00 80.8 1.1 73.8 99.0 94.8 AMARE = ​​Amaranthus retroflexus L. ABUTH = Abutilon theophrasti AMATA = Amaranthus rudis Sauer AMAPA = Amaranthus palmeri S. Wats CHEAL = Chenopodium album COMBE = Commelina benghalensis SIDCO = Sida cordifolia L. POLCO = Polygonum convolvulus L. g ae / ha = grams of acid equivalent per hectare g ai / ha = grams of active ingredient per hectare DAA1 = Days after application 1 The compositions and methods of the appended claims are not limited in scope by the specific compositions and methods described herein, which are intended as illustrations of a few aspects of the claims. It is intended that any functionally equivalent compositions and methods fall within the scope of the claims. It is also intended that various modifications of the compositions and methods, in addition to those shown and described herein, fall within the scope of the appended claims. Furthermore, although only some representative composition materials and method steps are specifically described, it is also intended that other combinations of composition materials and method steps fall within the scope of the appended claims, even if not specifically indicated.Therefore, a combination of steps, elements, components, or constituents could be explicitly mentioned in this application; however, other combinations of steps, elements, components, and constituents are included even if not explicitly stated. The term “comprising” and variations. The term CfrQRnn / ί7Π7 / E / YΙΛΙ, as used herein, is used synonymously with the term "including" and variations thereof and is non-limiting and open-ended. Although the terms "comprising" and "including" have been used herein to describe various embodiments, the terms "essentially consisting of" and "consisting of" may be used instead of "comprising" and "including" to provide more specific embodiments of the invention and are also described.

Claims

1. A herbicidal composition comprising a synergistically effective amount of (a) fluroxypyr or an agriculturally acceptable ester or salt thereof and (b) an ALS-inhibiting herbicide, wherein the ALS-inhibiting herbicide is chlorimuron, or typensulfuron, or an agriculturally acceptable ester or salt thereof.

2. The composition according to claim 1, wherein the fluroxypyr or an agriculturally acceptable ester or salt thereof is fluroxypyr-meptyl.

3. The composition according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the ALS-inhibiting herbicide is chlorimuron or an agriculturally acceptable ester or salt thereof, preferably chlorimuron-ethyl, or tyfensulfuron or an agriculturally acceptable ester or salt thereof, preferably tyfensulfuron-methyl.

4. The composition according to claim 3, wherein the weight ratio of fluroxypyr or an agriculturally acceptable ester or salt thereof (acid equivalent) to chlorimuron or an agriculturally acceptable ester or salt thereof (active ingredient) is within the range of approximately 1:3.6 to approximately 560:1, from approximately 2.8:1 to approximately 91:1, or from approximately 2.8:1 to approximately 45.5:1, or the weight ratio of fluroxypyr or an agriculturally acceptable ester or salt thereof (acid equivalent) to tifensulfuron or an agriculturally acceptable ester or salt thereof (active ingredient) is within the range of approximately 1:1 to approximately 1120:1, from approximately 1.3:1 to approximately 167:1, or from approximately 91:1 to approximately 167:

1.

5. The composition according to any of claims 1-4, further comprising a herbicidally effective amount of an additional herbicide and / or an agriculturally acceptable adjuvant.

6. A method for controlling unwanted vegetation comprising bringing the unwanted vegetation or the locus thereof into contact with the composition according to any of claims 1-5.

7. The method according to claim 6, wherein the ALS-inhibiting herbicide is chlorimuron, and wherein fluroxypyr or an agriculturally acceptable ester or salt thereof is applied at an application rate of approximately 25 g ae / ha to approximately 560 g ae / ha or from approximately 25 g ae / ha to approximately 100 g ae / ha, and chlorimuron or an agriculturally acceptable ester or salt thereof, preferably chlorimuron-ethyl, is applied at an application rate of approximately 1 g ai / ha to approximately 90 g ai / ha or from approximately 1.1 g ai / ha to approximately 8.8 g ai / ha, or fluroxypyr or an agriculturally acceptable ester or salt thereof is applied at an application rate of approximately 25 g ae / ha to approximately 560 g ae / ha or approximately 17.5 g ae / ha up to approximately 100 g ae / ha, and tifensulfuron or an agriculturally acceptable ester or salt thereof, preferably tifensulfuron or an agriculturally acceptable ester or salt thereof, is applied at an application rate of approximately 0.5 g ai / ha up to approximately 25 g ai / ha or approximately 0.6 g ai / ha up to approximately 13 g ai / ha.

8. The method according to any of claims 6-7, wherein fluroxypyr or an agriculturally acceptable ester or salt thereof and the ALS-inhibiting herbicide are applied post-emergence or pre-emergence to the undesirable vegetation or crop.

9. The method in accordance with any of claims 6-8, wherein the synergy is determined by the Colby equation.

10. The method according to any of claims 6-9, wherein the undesirable vegetation comprises a herbicide-resistant or tolerant weed, preferably wherein the resistant or tolerant weed is a biotype with resistance or tolerance to single or multiple herbicides or chemical classes, or inhibitors of modes of action of single or multiple herbicides, more preferably wherein the resistant or tolerant weed is a biotype resistant or tolerant to acetolactate synthase (ALS) or acetohydroxyacid synthase (AHAS) inhibitors, photosystem II inhibitors, acetyl CoA carboxylase (ACCase) inhibitors, photosystem I inhibitors, 5-enolpyruvylshikimate-3-phosphate (EPSP) synthase inhibitors, microtubule assembly inhibitors, inhibitors of synthesis of lipids, protoporphyrinogen oxidase (PPO) inhibitors, carotenoid biosynthesis inhibitors,Very long-chain fatty acid (VLCFA) inhibitors, phytoene desaturase (PDS) inhibitors, glutamine synthetase inhibitors, pyruvate dioxygenase (HPPD) inhibitors, mitosis inhibitors, cellulose biosynthesis inhibitors, herbicides with multiple modes of action, quinclorac, arylaminopropionic acids, difenzoquat, endothal, or organoarsenic acids.

11. The method according to any of claims 6-10, wherein undesirable vegetation is controlled in soybeans, canola, sunflowers, sugar beets, alfalfa, corn, cotton, wheat, barley, oats, sorghum, or rice, in an area not intended for cultivation, perennial cultivation, fruit cultivation, or plantation cultivation, comprising bringing the undesirable vegetation or its locus into contact with an area of ​​row crop, auger crop, fallow, fallow land, non-cultivated land, perennial cultivation, fruit cultivation, or plantation cultivation. cfrQAnn / Lznz / E / YiAi 12. The method according to claim 11, wherein the undesirable vegetation is controlled in an area not intended for cultivation and the area not intended for cultivation is a pasture, meadow, mountain land, fallow land, fence, parking area, tank farm, storage area, right-of-way, utility area, lawn, forestry area, aquatic area, industrial vegetation management (IVM) or fallow, wherein the undesirable vegetation is preferably contacted before planting a crop.

13. The method according to claim 11, wherein the undesirable vegetation is controlled in a perennial crop area and the foliage of the perennial crop is not contacted when the undesirable vegetation is contacted, wherein preferably the perennial crop is an orchard of trees and vines, and wherein more preferably the orchard of trees and vines is selected from citrus, grapes, almonds, apples, apricots, avocados, beech nut, Brazil nut, pumpkin, cashew, cherry, chestnut, dwarf chestnut (chinquapin), crab apple, dates, feijoa, fig, hazelnut, pecan, kiwi, medlar, macadamia nut, hawthorn, nectarine, olives, peach, pear, pecan, persimmon, pistachio, plum, pomegranate, prune, quince, and walnut.

14. The method according to claim 11, wherein undesirable vegetation is controlled in a fruit orchard or plantation area and the foliage of the fruit or plantation crop is not contacted when the undesirable vegetation is contacted, wherein preferably the fruit orchard crop is selected from blueberry, guava, papaya, strawberries, taro (Colocasia esculenta), blackberry and raspberries and the plantation crop is selected from coffee, cocoa, rubber and oil palm.

15. The method according to any of claims 6-14, further comprising contacting the undesirable vegetation with a herbicidally effective quantity of an additional herbicide.