N-Phenylsulfonyl-N'-triazinylureas of the general formula STR1 and the salts thereof with amines, alkali metal or alkaline earth metal bases or with quaternary ammonium bases, have good pre- and postemergence selective herbicidal and growth regulating properties. In the above formula Q is fluorine, fluoromethyl, chloromethyl, trichloromethyl, 1,2-dichloroethyl, 1,2-dibromoethyl, 1,2-dichloropropyl, 1,2-dibromopropyl, 1,2-dibromoisobutyl, 1,2-dichloro-1-methyl-ethyl or 1,2-dibromo-1-methyl-ethyl, X is oxygen, sulfur, a sulfinyl or sulfonyl bridge, Z is oxygen or sulfur, R2 is hydrogen, halogen, C1 -C5 alkyl, C2 -C5 alkenyl, C1 -C4 haloalkyl, or a radical --Y--R5, --COOR6, --NO2 or --CO--NR7 --R8, R3 and R4, each independently of the other, are hydrogen, C1 -C4 alkyl, C1 -C4 alkoxy, C1 -C4 alkylthio, C1 -C4 haloalkyl, halogen or alkoxyalkyl of at most 4 carbon atoms, R5 and R6, each independently of the other, are C1 -C5 alkyl, C2 -C5 alkenyl or C2 -C6 alkynyl, R7 and R8, each independently of the other, are hydrogen, C1 -C5 alkyl, C2 -C5 alkenyl or C2 -C6 alkynyl, and Y is oxygen, sulfur, a sulfinyl or sulfonyl bridge.
