SureStart® herbicide

SureStart® herbicide  

Active Ingredient: acetochlor, flumetsulam, and clopyralid

Profile: SureStart® herbicide is designed to provide broad spectrum foundation control of grasses and broadleaf weeds in herbicide-tolerant corn hybrids, including Roundup Ready® corn.


Features

  • Consistent broad-spectrum control of early emerging grasses and broadleaf weeds
  • Provides up to six weeks residual control
  • Three modes of action to assist in glyphosate resistance management
  • Wide application window from preplant to early post (11-inch-tall corn)
  • Part of the Technology for Traits™ herbicide portfolio designed for powerful two-pass weed control in Roundup Ready corn with Durango® DMA® or Duramax™ herbicide
  • Excellent crop safety profile

Benefits

  • Assists in maximizing yield in Roundup Ready corn by controlling early season weeds that compete with corn for nutrients, moisture and sunlight
  • Aids in controlling increasingly difficult-to-control broadleaf weeds in Roundup Ready corn
  • Helps minimize the risks associated with delayed post glyphosate applications due to weather or equipment availability
  • Excellent tool for managing glyphosate resistant weeds, including waterhemp, marestail and common and giant ragweed
  • Can be applied to emerged corn up to 11 inches tall
  • Convenience of a pre-mix designed at the correct rate for Roundup Ready corn

Application Timing:
May be used preplant, preemergence or early post up to 11-inch-tall corn in Roundup Ready or LibertyLink® field and sileage corn

Application Rates:
1.5 to 2 pts./A depending on soil texture and organic matter content (see label for more information)

Weeds Controlled:*

Grasses and Sedges
Barnyardgrass
Crabgrass spp.
Cupgrass, Woolly
Foxtail spp. 
Goosegrass
Johnsongrass, Seedling
Nutsedge, Yellow
Panicum, Fall
Shattercane
Signalgrass, Broadleaf

Broadleaves
Amaranth, Palmer
Buckwheat, Wild
Cocklebur, Common
Horseweed (Marestail)
Kochia
Lambsquarters, Common
Mallow, Venice
Morningglory, Ivyleaf
Morningglory, Tall
Mustard, Wild
Nightshade species
Pigweed, Redroot
Pigweed, Smooth
Ragweed, Common
Ragweed, Giant
Smartweed, Pennsylvania
Sunflower, Common
Velvetleaf
Waterhemp species

*For a complete listing of weeds controlled, view the product label below.

For more information on this product, see its label and/or safety data sheet.

Other Product-Related Literature:
pdf icon Mixing and Handling Best Practices (193KB PDF)
pdf icon Weed Control Designed for Today's Trait Technology (1.13KB PDF)
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