ABSTRACT
A new herbicide combination for weed management in dry direct-seeding indica rice field

Yuan Gao1, Guohui Yuan1, Jiapeng Fang1, Yong Liu2, Zhihui Tian1*, and Guohui Shen1*
 
Dry direct-seeding can get rid of the constraints of high-water demand, and is the simplest and most labor-saving mode in rice (Oryza sativa L.) cultivation. However, weeds are more prone to occur in dry direct-seeding rice fields, coupled with increased herbicide resistance, leading to confusion among growers regarding herbicide selection. In this study, our investigation results revealed total grass quantity reached 458.82 plants m-2. Two round of field experiments were conducted to determine suitable post-emergence herbicides for dry direct-seeding indica rice. The results showed that among the herbicides safe to indica rice, the efficacy of the combination of pyraquinate (a new 4-hydroxyphenylpyruvate dioxygenase inhibitor, 150.0 g ai ha-1) + florpyrauxifen-benzyl (13.5 g ai ha-1) on Leptochloa chinensis (L.) Nees, Eclipta prostrata (L.) L., Cyperus iria L., Fimbristylis miliacea auct., and total grasses were 89.1%, 97.8%, 97.2%, 90.1%, and 92.8%, respectively; the efficacy of metamifop (120.0 g ai ha-1) + florpyrauxifen-benzyl (18.0 g ai ha-1) and 22.0% cyhalofop-butyl + pyrazosulfuron-ethyl + bispyribac-sodium OD (148.5 g ai ha-1) on main weeds also exceeds 85.0%, except for cyhalofop-butyl-resistant L. chinensis. The combination of metamifop + florpyrauxifen-benzyl and 22.0% cyhalofop-butyl + pyrazosulfuron-ethyl + bispyribac-sodium OD can be selected for fields where L. chinensis is not resistant to acetyl-CoA carboxylase (ACCase) inhibitors. The combination of pyraquinate + florpyrauxifen-benzyl is the most promising combination to control multiple weeds, even ACCase inhibitors-resistant weeds. This study could also provide references for herbicides selection and management of ACCase inhibitors-resistant L. chinensis in dry direct-seeding indica rice field worldwide.
Keywords: Herbicide efficacy, selectivity, dry direct-seeding indica rice, post-emergence herbicides, weed.
1Eco-Environmental Protection Research Institute, Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences, 201403 Shanghai, China.
2Shandong Cynda Chemical Co., Ltd., 250014 Jinan, Shandong, China.
*Corresponding authors (tianzhihui@saas.sh.cn, zb5@saas.sh.cn).