Mana Canada has registered two new herbicides for cereal growers.
Andrew Mann of Mana Canada, a division of Makhteshim Agan, the Israeli off-patent chemical producer, says the new products will open up the market for producers looking for a choice beyond a chemical company’s bundled product list.
Mana has registration for a florasulam and MCPA ester mix as a broadleaf, post emergent tool.
Called Topline, for its branded forerunner Frontline XL from Dow, the product is registered for spring wheat, barley and oats.
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The product is at its best when applied to the crop at the two to six leaf stage and weeds are at the one to four leaf stage, generally when an aggressive spring burnoff has been performed close to the seeding date.
The combination provides Groups 2 and 4 protection.
The second product is Rush 24, a fluroxypyr and 2,4-D ester mix.
The Group 4 offering is for spring wheat, durum and barley and is aimed at Group 2 resistant weeds, such as kochia, as well as tougher plants such as wild buckwheat, flixweed and cleavers. It is useful in controlling volunteer flax and canola.
The product can be boosted with an additional two ounces of 2,4-D ester LV 700 for heavy infestations or larger weeds.
It is compatible with several grassy weed products, such as tralkoxydim and clodinafop. It is the same combination of products included in Dow’s Octtain XL.
Mann said the new products round out what Mana has to offer producers and gives them more tools to use in a strategy to combat herbicide tolerance in prairie weed populations.
