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Download PDF This spring the desmedipham co-formulations that covered a lot of the bases when it came to making weed control recommendations are no longer available, so it’s back to basics. CPM looks at the take on the situation from industry and in the field. We still have essentially the same set of active ingredients we’ve had for decades. By Lucy de la Pasture There’s a lot of talk from the manufacturing side of the industry about the loss of the contact herbicide desmedipham, which is now beyond its use-up period after its withdrawal was announced in 2019. Dr Bill Lankford, herbicides technical specialist at Adama, believes 2021 could be the year when there’s a resurgence in the use of pre-emergence herbicides such as Goltix (metamitron) and Goltix Titan (metamitron+ quinmerac). Bill Lankford reckons the use of pre-emergence herbicides may see a resurgence this season. “With desmedipham no longer available, sugar beet growers aren’t entirely able to depend on post-emergence treatments alone to achieve the necessary level of weed control,” he suggests. “Herbicide programmes will therefore need a little more thought this year. Unfortunately, the choice of pre-em herbicides is currently somewhat limited as a result of the revocation of…
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