Herbicides
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Toxicity
Very low acute mammalian toxicity. Acute oral LD
50
(
rats) = >5,000 mg/kg. May cause skin and eye irritation.
Storage
Store in a dry place.
Frontline XL
Group 2, 4
Formulation
Product
Company
Active ingredient
Formulation
Container size
Frontline XL (PCP# 28804)
Dow AgroSciences Florasulam: 4g/L + MCPA
ester: 280 g/L
Emulsifiable concentrate 2 x 10 L , 120 L drum
One case treats 40 acres, and a drum treats 240 acres
Crops and Staging
Crop
Stage
Spring wheat (including durum), barley, oats
2 - 6
leaf stage
Timothy (seedling, established for hay and seed)
Weeds, Rates and Staging
Apply at 0.506 L/acre
Weeds controlled at 2 - 4 leaf stage
annual sunflower
ball mustard
burdock
cleavers
common ragweed
flixweed
hempnettle
lamb’s- quarters
Russian pigweed
shepherd’s purse
smartweed
stinkweed
wild buckwheat
wild mustard
volunteer canola*
Weeds suppressed at 2 - 4 leaf stage
annual sow-thistle
Canada thistle
dandelion (seedlings and overwintered
rosettes less than 15 cm)
perennial sow-thistle
plantain (top growth)
stork’s bill
*
Including all herbicide-tolerant canola varieties
Registered Tank Mixes
Tank-mix partner Frontline XL plus tank mix partner rate
Additional weeds controlled
In spring wheat (including durum) and barley
Assert
Frontline XL: 0.5 L/acre + Assert: 0.65 L/acre + Acidulate
wild oats
In spring wheat (including durum) only:
Everest
Frontline XL: 0.5 L/acre + Everest: 17.4 g/acre + Agral 90: 0.25 % v/v wild oats and green foxtail
Horizon, Nextstep,
Foothills, Signal
Frontline XL: 0.5 L/acre + Horizon: 93 mL/acre + Score: 0.8% v/v
wild oats
Frontline XL: 0.5 L/acre + Horizon: 117 mL/acre + Score: 1.0 % v/v
wild oats and green foxtail
Simplicity
Frontline XL: 0.5 L/acre + Simplicity : 200 mL/acre
wild oats and green foxtail
In spring wheat (excluding durum) and barley
Axial
Frontline XL: 0.5 L/acre + Axial: 243m L/acre + Adigor: 283 mL/acre
wild oats, green foxtail, volunteer oats
Application Information
With
:
Ground equipment only. Do not apply by air. Water volume: 40 L/acre.
Fortress (cont’d)