Disclosed is a herbicide which has a high activity against undesirable weeds growing in a habitat of a cultivated plant, a wide herbicidal spectrum, an excellent residual efficacy, and high safety for a cultivated plant. More specifically, disclosed is a herbicidal composition comprising: (A) a compound selected from a difluoromethane sulfonylanilide compound represented by the general formula (I) and a salt thereof； and (B) at least one member selected from pyraclonil, imazosulfuron, esprocarb, metamifop, triaziflam, pyrazoxyfen, 2,4-D, etobenzanid, mesotrione, tefuryltrione and a herbicidal microorganism, as active ingredients. (I) wherein R<；SUP>；1<；/SUP>； represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms or an alkoxyalkyl group having 2 to 6 carbon atoms.本發明提供一種除草用組成物，其係相對於在栽培植物生長地不期望產生之雜草具高活性，又殺草光譜之廣闊殘效性優越，且相對於栽培植物具有高安全性的除草劑；其特徵為含有：(A)以選自一般式(I)所示之二氟甲烷磺醯基替苯胺化合物或其鹽的化合物、與(B)選自pyraclonil、imazosulfuron、esprocarb、metamifop、triaziflam、pyrazoxyfen、2,4－D、etobenzanid、mesotrion、tefuryltrione及除草用微生物之至少一種為有效成份。(式中之R1為氫原子、碳數1~6之烷基或碳數2~6之烷氧基烷基)。
