This research was carried out at the "Experimental Edgárdia Farm" - State of São Paulo University, Campus of Botucatu - Brazil, during the growing season of 1990/91. The objective was to evaluate the effect of water depths and the beginning of water application on the weed development and rice yield. Three water dephts (5, 10 and 15 cm); three water application moments (15, 42 and 74 days after crop emergence) and weed management (weeded and unweeded) were tested in a randomized complete block design, arranged in split-splitplots. The moments were the main plots; the water depths, the splitplots and the weed management, the split-splitplots. The weed development was affected by the water depths and water application moments. The grain yield was reduced in 61.5% by the weed competition with the rice crop.
rice; weeds; water depths; water application moments