SUCCESSFUL TECHNOLOGIES
During the earliest stages of CULTURE development - from the seedling phase to three leaves - the crop is very demanding to keep crops clean of weeds.
This is because maize responds to changes in the amount of light caused by the presence of weeds, having detected such a change, the maize engages in a 'defensive strategy' - avoiding shading in the struggle for light.
Light has an important regulatory effect, linked to the formation of phytohormones that trigger and regulate the physiological and morphogenetic programmes of the plant.
When there is a lot of clogging and losing the competition for light, maize becomes phenotypically deformed, thinning and elongating, and the volume of the stem and root system decreases.
Competition during the germination phase can lead to yield losses in maize of up to 75-90%, depending on the type of weed infestation and the genetic characteristics of the crop.
It is therefore crucial to achieve a weed-free crop as a competitor for light, moisture and nutrition on maize already from the seedling stage of the crop.
For optimal solutions we recommend using a mixture of highly effective herbicides KAMELOT, SE (3.5 l/ha) and EGHIDA, SC (0.3 l/ha) in the initial phases of maize development (germination phase up to 3 leaves).
The active ingredients of the preparations are directed:
c-metalochlor works against annual cereal weeds and some dicotyledons;
terbutilazin - against annual broadleaf weeds (dicotyledons),
mesotrione - effective against annual dicotyledons (at soil application) and a number of perennial weeds (at foliar treatment) (field thistle, field thistle, field horsetail, field weed), and also has soil effect on new waves of weeds (volunteer sunflower, mary, ragweed and others) up to 4 weeks.
The combination of active substances of different chemical classes provides a synergistic effect and high efficiency in the control of any weeds!
With this protection technology, the use of insurance herbicides will be necessary, but the rates will already be much lower!