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Herbicides
Environmental Precautions
Avoid application of Assert within 15 metres of water bodies (lake, pond, slough, streams, rivers).
Toxicity
Low acute mammalian toxicity. Acute oral LD
50
(
rats) = 3,078 mg/kg. Non-toxic to fish, birds, and bees.
Storage
Store between 0° - 35° C. Do not freeze. Shake well before using.
Assert FL
Group 2
Formulation
Product
Company
Active ingredient
Formulation
Container size
Assert 300 (PCP# 21032)
Nufarm Agriculture Inc.
Imazamethabenz-
methyl
SC
13.5
L
Frontline A (PCP# 27029)
Dow AgroSciences
Florasulam
EC
0.8
L
Frontline B (PCB # 27030)
Dow AgroSciences
MCPA
EC
5.61
L
PH adjuster
Nufarm Agriculture Inc.
Sodium bisulfate
WSG
3.12
kg
Crops and Staging
Crops
Staging
Rate and acres to treat per package
Barley
2 - 6
leaf stage
Assert: 0.67 L/acre; Frontline A: 40mL/acre; Frontline B: 0.28 L/acre.
One case of Assert FL treats 20 acres.
Spring and durum wheat
Weeds and Staging
Control
Suppression
annual sunflower
ball mustard
burdock
cleavers
common chickweed
common ragweed
flixweed
hemp-nettle
kochia
lamb’s-quarters
prickly lettuce
redroot pigweed
Russian pigweed
shepherd’s-purse
smartweed
stinkweed
volunteer canola*
wild buckwheat
wild mustard
wild oats
annual sow thistle
Canada thistle
dandelion(seedlings and overwinter rosettes, <15 cm)
perennial sow thistle
plantain (top growth)
stork’s-bill
*
Including all herbicide tolerant varieties
Note: broadleaf weeds controlled up to 4 leaf stage, wild oats controlled up to 6 leaf stage.
Registered Tank Mixes
None.
Application Information
How to Apply
:
Ground only.
Water Volume
:
20 - 40
L/acre. Note: Use Assert FL with pH adjuster (one bag per 10.8 L jug) or poor weed control
may occur. For ground-driven pump systems, ensure spray water pH adjuster is dissolved before engaging pump.
Assert 300 SC/Avert (cont’d)