YEAR 1 OF 2 WITH TREATMENTS APPLIED TO THE SAME PLOTS BOTH YEARS. THREE APPLICATIONS OF EACH TREATMENT, ALONG BOTH SIDES OF PALMS AND ACROSS LOWER PORTIONS OF FRONDS.  APPLICATIONS MADE APPROXIMATELY 90 DAYS APART, BEGINNING IN MID-FEBRUARY.   CHATEAU EZ:  APPLIED AT 12 OR 24 FL OZ/A (0.375 OR 0.75 LB AI/A). SLIGHT INJURY OBSERVED 90 DAYS AFTER FIRST APPLICATION (DAA-1) FROM THE HIGH RATE, BUT OTHERWISE NO INJURY OBSERVED. SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION OF WEED COVERAGE FROM BOTH RATES 90 DAA-1.  NUMERIC BUT NOT SIGNIFICANT REDUCTIONS FROM BOTH RATES 90 DAA-2 AND 90 DAA-3.   ALONG WITH GOOD CROP SAFETY, HIGH RATE WAS ONE OF BETTER WEED CONTROL TREATMENTS.   PROWL H2O:  APPLIED AT 4 OR 8 QT/A (3.8 OR 7.6 LB AI/A). ASIDE FROM SLIGHT CROP INJURY AT 90 DAA-2 AND 90 DAA-3, BOTH RATES WERE SAFE TO THE CROP.  PERCENT GROUND COVER FROM WEEDS WAS VARIABLE FROM PENDIMETHALIN TREATMENTS AND GENERALLY NOT DIFFERENT FROM THE UNTREATED.  MATRIX SG:  APPLIED AT 4 OR 8 OZ/A (0.063 OR 0.125 LB AI/A). SOME INJURY OBSERVED FROM BOTH RATES THROUGHOUT THE TRIAL, INCREASING TO CONCERNING LEVELS FROM THE HIGH RATE FOLLOWING THE THIRD APPLICATION. PERCENT GROUND COVER FROM WEEDS 90 DAYS AFTER EACH APPLICATION WAS NOT DIFFERENT FROM THE UNTREATED.  PINDAR GT:  APPLIED AT 3 OR 6 PT/A. NO INJURY OBSERVED FROM THE LOW RATE BUT MINOR TO MODERATE INJURY SEEN WITH THE HIGH RATE AFTER FIRST TWO APPLICATIONS.  THE HIGH RATE SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED PERCENT WEED CONVERAGE AFTER THE FIRST TWO APPLICATIONS AND PROVIDED THE LARGEST REDUCTION ON WEED COVERAGE 90 DAA-3.   ALION: APPLIED AT 3.5 OR 7 FL OZ/A (0.045 OR 0.09 LB AI/A).  THIRD APPLICATION NOT MADE AFTER DEATH OF PALMS OBSERVED AFTER FIRST TWO APPLICATIONS.