The objective of this study was to evaluate the selectivity of herbicides applied on turfgrasses St. Augustinegrass (Stenotaphrum secundatum) and Emerald (Zoysia japonica) under field conditions. The experimental design was randomized blocks with four replications. The turfgrasses were cut with a motorized grass cutter to the height of 3 cm, followed by herbicide application. The treatments were: control, fluazifop-p-butyl (125 g ha-1 ), sethoxydim+mineral oil (276 g ha-1 + 0.5% v v-1of Assist), bispyribac-sodium (25 g ha-1 ), chlorimuron-ethyl (15 g ha-1 ), ethoxysulfuron (150 g ha-1 ), halosulfuron (112.5 g ha-1 ), iodosulfuron-methyl (10 g ha-1 ), metsulfuron-methyl (2,4 g ha-1), nicosulfuron (125 g ha-1 ), pyrithiobac-sodium (140 g ha-1 ), trifloxysulfuron-sodium (22.5 g ha-1 ), 2,4-D (720 g ha-1 ), quinclorac (375 g ha-1), atrazine(1,250 g ha-1), bentazon (600 g ha-1 ), linuron (1,350 g ha-1 ), fomesafen (187.5 g ha-1 ), lactofen (120 g ha-1 ), oxadiazon (600 g ha-1 ) and oxyfluorfen (720 g ha-1 ). The following herbicides were found to have potential for selectivity of S. secundatum: ALS-inhibitors chlorimuron-ethyl, ethoxysulfuron, halosulfuron, iodosulfuron-methyl and metsulfuron-methyl, mimicking of auxin 2.4-D, the inhibitors of the atrazine and bentazon photosystem II and the inhibitors Protox fomesafem, lactofen and oxadiazon. For turfgrass Z. japonica, the following herbicides showed potential for selectivity: the ALS-inhibitors chlorimuron-ethyl, ethoxysulfuron, halosulfuron, metsulfuron-methyl and nicosulfuron, mimicking of auxin 2.4-D and quinclorac, the inhibitors of the atrazine and bentazon photosystem II and the inhibitors Protox fomesafen, lactofen and oxadiazon.
turfgrass; herbicide; phytotoxicity; Stenotaphrum secundatum; Zoysia japonica
