Herbicide expands control of broad-leaved weeds

摘要

A new cereal herbicide has been launched for this spring that offers control of a range of broad-leaved weeds and greater flexibility in application timing. Spitfire, a new product from Dow AgroSciences, contains the same active ingredients - florasu-lam and fluroxypyr - as one of Dow's other post-emergence herbicides, Starane XL. However, it has double the amount of florasulam at 5g/litre, to offer greater activity in cooler and fluctuating temperatures, Dow agronomy leader Stuart Jackson says. "The combination of florasulam and fluroxpyr in Spitfire gives you a wider spectrum of control of broad-leaved weeds," he explains.