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The objective of this work was to determine the mobility of sulfentrazone in two soil classes (Red Nitosol and Quartzarenic Neosol), as a function of increasing rainfall indices, being the herbicide was influenced by the chemical and physical properties of the soils with different iron contents. Sulfentrazone (800 g ha-1) was applied on 10 cm diameter x 50 cm long PVC tubes, filled with the soils and saturated with water at 65% (w/w). Subsequently, 10 mm rainfall events were simulated daily until 30, 60 and 90 mm rainfall indices were reached. The PVC tubes were then disassembled and Sorghum bicolor seeds were sowed on soil at depths of 2.5; 7.5; 12.5; 17.5; 22.5 and 30.0 cm from the tube surface and maintained in a greenhouse for 15 days for germination and initial growth evaluation. In the end of the experiment the morphophysiological changes, which characterized the toxic effects of the product, were evaluated. The length of the shoot, up to the last visible ligule and the plant dry biomass were also measured. When submitted to a 90 mm rainfall in the Quartzarenic Neosol, sulfentrazone formed a band that percolated down to 12,5 cm and in the Red Nitosol, down to 7,5 cm. Rossi, C. V. S.; Alves, P. L. L. C.; Marques Jr., J. Mobilidade do Sulfentrazone em Nitossolo Vermelho e em Neossolo Quartzarênico.