SYNERGISTIC HERBICIDAL COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING HERBICIDES WHICH GENERATE TOXIC OXYGEN RADICALS AND CHELATING AGENTS WHICH INHIBIT THEIR DETOXIFICATION

摘要

PCT No. PCT/US87/00221 Sec. 371 Date Nov. 9, 1987 Sec. 102(e) Date Nov. 9, 1987 PCT Filed Feb. 3, 1987 PCT Pub. No. WO87/04596 PCT Pub. Date Aug. 13, 1987.The invention relates to synergistic herbicidally active compositions. The quantity required for a given herbicidal effect is substantially lower than that required for the herbicide itself. The compositions of the invention comprise in combination a herbicide which brings about active oxygen species formation in plants and a substance which binds copper or zinc, or a substance which reacts with a thiol moiety of a thiol containing enzyme. The herbicide and metal binding or thiol binding component can be applied together or separately.