The present invention relates to a method for controlling undesirable
vegetation in an
aquatic environment in which a
rice plant is growing. In the method of this invention, a herbicidally effective amount of a herbicide A or of a composition comprising the herbicide A is applied to the
aquatic environment pre-emergence or early post-emergence of the undesirable
vegetation and after
germination of the rice seedlings wherein the herbicide A is selected from
acetochlor,
acifluorfen,
alachlor,
aminopyralid, bensulfuron,
benzobicyclon, bicyclopyrone, bispyribac, butylate, carfentrazone, chlorimuron, chlorsulfuron, cinmethylin, clethodim, clodinafop,
clomazone,
clopyralid, cycloate, cyhalofop, 2,4-D,
dicamba, diflufenzopyr, dimethenamid, dimethenamid-P,
dithiopyr, EPTC, ethalfluralin, ethofumesate, fenoxaprop, fenoxaprop-P, florpyrauxifen, fluazifop, fluazifop-P,
flufenacet, flumiclorac, flumioxazin,
fluroxypyr, fluthiacet, fomesafen, halauxifen, halosulfuron, iodosulfuron, imazamox, imazapic, imazapyr, imazaquin, imazethapyr, isoxaflutole, lactofen,
MCPA, mesosulfuron,
mesotrione,
metolachlor, S-
metolachlor, metsulfuron, MSMA, nicoculfuron, orthosulfamuron, penoxsulam, pinoxaden, primisulfuron,
propanil, propyzamide, pyrasulfotole, pyrithiobac, pyroxasulfone, pyroxulam,
quinclorac, quizalofop, quizalofop-P, rimsulfuron,
saflufenacil, sethoxydim,
sulfentrazone, sulfosulfuron, tembotrione, tetflupyrolimet, thifensulfuron, thiobencarb, tiafenacil, tolpyralate, topramezone, triallate, triasulfuron, tribenuron,
triclopyr, trifloxysulfuron, trifludimoxazin,
trifluralin, triflusulfuron and agriculturally acceptable salts or derivatives thereof. The method is particularly suitable for
weed control in flooded rice fields.