Weed management in pineapple crop is an indispensable practice, with chemical control being increasingly used since it allows efficient control without injury to the roots. Since little literature is available on herbicide interference in crop growth, the aim of this work was to evaluate the effects of the herbicides amicarbazone and diuron + paraquat applied directly on the plants. The herbicide effects were measured by the fluorescence rate of chlorophyll a and chlorophyll a, chlorophyll b and carotenoid contents, and by evaluating the height and dry biomass of the aerial part (Wpa). The application of amicarbazone reduced the photosynthetic pigment contents although the same interference in height and Wpa variables was not observed; however, diuron + paraquat herbicide caused the death of the pineapple plants, indicating a reduction in chlorophyll a and b and carotenoids rendering it impossible to measure the height and Wpa values (at 120 DAT) as a result of the death of the plants at 30 DAT, showing a certain amicarbazone selectivity for pineapple crop.
photosynthetic pigments; fluorescence; amicarbazone; diuron; paraquat
