	US 12,245,590 B2
	Method for controlling weeds
Yoshinao Sada, Kasai (JP)
Assigned to SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED, Chuo-ku (JP)
Appl. No. 17/441,722
Filed by SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED, Chuo-ku (JP)
PCT Filed Mar. 19, 2020, PCT No. PCT/JP2020/012337 § 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 22, 2021, PCT Pub. No. WO2020/196283, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 1, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-059965 (JP), filed on Mar. 27, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0225617 A1, Jul. 21, 2022
Int. Cl. A01N 43/84 (2006.01); A01N 37/40 (2006.01); A01N 43/54 (2006.01); A01N 43/653 (2006.01); A01P 13/00 (2006.01)

CPC A01N 43/84 (2013.01) [A01N 37/40 (2013.01); A01N 43/54 (2013.01); A01N 43/653 (2013.01); A01P 13/00 (2021.08)]

6 Claims

1. A method for controlling weeds, comprising:

performing a spot treatment of at least one protoporphyrinogen oxidase (PPO) inhibitor in a cultivation area of soybean, corn, or cotton,

wherein the PPO inhibitor is ethyl [3-[2-chloro-4-fluoro-5-(1-methyl-6-trifluoromethyl-2,4-dioxo-1,2,3,4-tetrahydropyrimidin-3-yl) phenoxy]-2-pyridvloxy]acetate.