The present invention relates to a method for controlling undesirable
vegetation in an
aquatic environment in which
rice plants are growing, comprising applying a herbicidally effective amount of a herbicide A or a composition containing a herbicide A to the
aquatic environment prior to or early post-emergence of the undesirable
vegetation and after emergence of the rice seedlings, the herbicide A being selected from the group consisting of
acetochlor,
acifluorfen,
alachlor,
aminopyralid, bensulfuron,
benzobicyclon, bicyclopyrone, bispyribac,
butyrate, 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, fluthiaset, fomesafen, haloxifen, 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, quizalofol The
weed control agent is selected from the group consisting of
quinolone, quizalofop-P, rimsulfuron,
saflufenacil, sethoxydim,
sulfentrazone, sulfosulfuron, tembotrione, tetflupyrolimet, thifensulfuron, thiobencarb, thiaphenacyl, tolpyralate, topramezone, triallate, triasulfuron, tribenuron,
triclopyr, trifloxysulfuron, trifludimoxazine,
trifluralin, triflusulfuron, and agriculturally acceptable salts or derivatives thereof. The method is particularly suitable for controlling weeds in flooded rice fields.