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DuPont PoWeR Zone
For higher yields in corn and soybeans, add residual control to glyphosate, for a wider application window to hold weeds down and push yields up.
When your goal is to maximize the yield of your corn and soybean crops, many different agronomic factors come into play. While some of these factors are beyond your control, one of the biggest but least understood is firmly within the farmer’s control. You have the power to choose when and how you control weeds.A great deal of the yield potential of your corn, for example, is decided during the 4-leaf to 8-leaf stage of growth. The best way to enhance yield is to keep your corn crop clean during this make-or-break period. We call this the Critical Weed-Free Period (CWFP) and the same principle applies to soybeans.
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The power of residual boosts glyphosate
“Glyphosate provides no residual control. Although timing glyphosate at the 3-leaf stage of corn may protect the full yield potential of the crop, it may result in unacceptable weed control due to late flushes of annual weeds, and late emergence of perennial weeds (e.g. field bindweed and Canada thistle). The addition of a residual herbicide may improve harvesting efficiency and reduce the amount of weed seed returned to the soil.’’
Source: Is there value in using residual herbicides in Roundup Ready corn. Mike Cowbrough, Weed Management Lead, OMAFRA, Guelph.
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