The objective of this work was to evaluate the selectivity of residual herbicides applied at increasing rates, under pre-emergence condition, to common bean crop (Phaseolus vulgaris) during the early period of the vegetative phase. The experiment was arranged in a randomized design under greenhouse conditions, with the treatments in a two-factorial scheme, using five replicates per treatment. The common bean cultivar IPR Graúna was used as a reagent of the treatments. Factor A was composed by the herbicides, and Factor B, by the rates. The herbicides were alachlor, dimethenamid, S-metolachlor, pendimethalin, and trifluralin, and the rates corresponded to 0, 100, 150, 200, and 300% of the maximum label rate for use in the common bean. The variables applied were plantlet emergence, visual intoxication and dry mass of the common bean, respectively, at 05, 20, and 25 days after emergence. Alachlor was not selective to the common bean, while dimethenamid, S-metolachlor, pendimethalin, and trifluralin were selective when sprayed up to the maximum rate. The level of selectivity of dimethenamid and S-metolachlor varied with the rate applied, while the level of selectivity of trifluralin and pendimethalin did not change.
Phaseolus vulgaris; tolerance; pre-emergence
