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Abstract

This invention pertains to a method for selectively controlling weeds comprising (i) applying to the desired crop seed a quantity of an oxime ether safener having the general formula ##STR1## wherein A is a hydrogen atom or a halogen atom; Q is cyano or ##STR2## Z is a halogen atom, cyano, haloalkyl, haloalkoxy or nitro; n is 2 or 3; (ii) planting the treated seed; (iii) applying a composition comprising one or more phosphosulfonate herbicides having the general formula ##STR3## wherein Y is an optionally substituted phenyl, naphthyl, benzyl, a (C.sub.5 -C.sub.8)cycloalkyl, a 5-membered heteroaromatic ring, a 6-membered heteraromatic ring, a fused 5,6-membered heteroaromatic ring, or a fused 6,6-membered heteroaromatic ring; X is an oxygen or a sulfur atom; and R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are each independently selected from substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, alkoxy, alkylthio, alkenyloxy, alkynyloxy, haloalkoxy, cyanoalkoxy, alkoxyalkoxy, cycloalkoxy, cycloalkylalkoxy, alkylideneiminooxy, chloro, amino, phenyl or phenoxy; or R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are both alkoxy, taken together with the phosphorus atom to form a 6-membered oxygen-containing ring; and an agronomically acceptable carrier.

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