It's always a race. Against time, against the weather and most importantly – against weeds. Using the correct corn herbicide with a crop safener can help pave the way to clean, healthy and profitable fields.
Weeds continue to outsmart the most effective herbicides in the market today. In fact, 40 percent of corn growers say Palmer amaranth and waterhemp are difficult to control with current preemergence corn herbicides.*
To combat these tough-to-control weeds, many growers turn to corn herbicides that contain pyroxasulfone, a Group 15 herbicide. However, several of these formulations lack a crop safener, which could put your crop at risk.
Some pyroxasulfone-containing corn herbicides can cause crop injury, leading to:
Buggy Whipping
Shepherd's Crook
Stunted Corn
Safeners Help Protect Corn from Crop Injury
Growers choose herbicides with crop safeners to ensure the herbicide is tough on weeds but gentle on the corn. But herbicide safeners are not all the same, and they work in many different ways. How do you make sure that your herbicide is effective and safe? Understanding which corn herbicide formulations contain a crop safener and which ones don't is the first step. While other companies offer pyroxasulfone-containing herbicides for use in corn – Zidua®, Anthem® brands, Maverick® and Surtain™ – none of these formulations contain a crop safener.
