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Herbicides
herbicidal activity. Large weeds or weeds stressed due to frost, drought or water-saturated soil, disease or insect
damage may not be controlled adequately.
Restrictions
Rainfall
:
Rainfall within 6 hours may reduce weed control.
Grazing
:
No restrictions on grazing or feeding of crop residue to livestock.
Pre-harvest Intervals
:
Do not apply within 60 days of harvest.
Cropping Restrictions
:
Do not harvest within 60 days of treatment.
In case of crop failure, only sugar beets may be replanted 30 days after application of UpBeet. However, if a total of
100
g/ha of UpBeet has already been applied to the first crop of sugar beets, then no more UpBeet may be applied to
the second crop of sugar beets. Cereal crops (spring wheat, durum wheat, winter wheat, barley) may be planted the
following year after application of UpBeet. For all other crops, a field bioassay must be conducted.
Environmental Precautions
Do not contaminate water bodies by applying directly to water, or to areas where surface water is present, or through
wash water.
Toxicity
Very low toxicity by ingestation. Acute oral LD
50
(
rats) = > 5,000 mg/kg. Low toxicity by inhalation.
Vanquish/VMD 480
Group 4
Formulation
Product
Company
Active ingredient
Formulation
Container size
Vanquish (PCP# 26980)
Syngenta
Dicamba: 480 g/L
Liquid
10
L
VMD 480 (PCP# 29251)
Adjuvants Plus Inc.
Dicamba: 480 g/L
Liquid
10
L
Crops and Staging
Non-crop areas such as established turf, roadsides, hydropower lines, pipeline and railway rights-of-way, airports,
military bases and wasteland.
Weeds, Rates and Staging
Broadleaf weeds
:
When actively growing, normally between May and July.
Brush control
:
When leaves are fully expanded (spring, early summer) and stop applications at least 3 weeks prior to
a change of leaf colour in the fall.
Vanquish/VMD 480 at 0.5 L/acre (top growth control only)
absinthe
Canada thistle
leafy spurge
perennial sow-thistle
poverty weed
scentless chamomile
Vanquish/VMD 480 at 0.7 L/acre + 2,4-D amine 500: 0.9 L/acre
:
Above weeds plus poison ivy
Vanquish/VMD 480 at 0.85 L/acre + 2,4-D amine 500: 1.8 L/acre
:
All of the above weeds plus wild carrot
Vanquish/VMD 480 at 0.93 L/acre
Canada thistle
common ragweed
curled dock (top growth)
English daisy
false ragweed
field bindweed
giant ragweed
goldenrod
perennial sow thistle
tansy ragwort
Vanquish/VMD 480 at 1.90 L/acre
diffuse knapweed
goat’s-beard
ground cherry
pasture sage
poverty weed
sheep sorrel
thyme-leaved spurge
Upbeet (cont’d)