| Table 1. Estimated Levels of Weed Control Normally Expected with Alfalfa Herbicidesa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Broadleaf Weeds |
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| Herbicide | Canada Thistle | Chick Weed | Dandelion | Dock, Curly | Field Pennycress | Henbit | Lambsquarter | Mustard, Wild | Nightshade, Black | Pigweed | Plantain | Ragweed, Common | Ragweed, Giant | Sepherdspurse | Smartweed | Wild Radish | Yellow Rocket | |||||||||
| Balan | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Butyrac 200 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 8 | |||||||||
| Eptam | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 7 | |||||||||
| Gramoxone Max | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | |||||||||
| Kerb | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Poast/Poast Plus | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Pursuit | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 9 | - | 6 | 7 | 9 | 9 | - | 8 | |||||||||
| Roundup Ultra | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | |||||||||
| Select | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Sencor | 0 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | |||||||||
| Sinbar | 0 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 7 | |||||||||
| Velpar | 0 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 | |||||||||
| aRating scale: 0 no control; 5 or less poor; 5 poor-fair; 7 fair; 8 fair-good; 9 good. Ratings assume the herbicides are applied in the manner suggested in the guidelines and according to the label under optimum growing conditions. This information was complied from The Ohio State University Weed Control Guide, 2001 Edition. |
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Grass Weeds |
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| Herbicide | Barnyardgrass | Crabgrass | Downy Bromegrass | Fall Panicum | Foxtails | Orchardgrass | Quackgrass | Volunteer Grain | Yellow Nutsedge |
| Balan | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 0 |
| Butyrac 200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eptam | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| Gramoxone Max | 8 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 0 |
| Kerb | 8 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 0 |
| Poast/Poast Plus9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 0 |
| Pursuit | 6 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Roundup Ultra | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 7 |
| Select | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 0 |
| Sencor | 6 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| Sinbar | 6 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| Velpar | 7 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| aRating scale: 0 no control; 5 or less poor; 5 poor-fair; 7 fair; 8 fair-good; 9 good. Ratings assume the herbicides are applied in the manner suggested in the guidelines and according to the label under optimum growing conditions. This information was complied from The Ohio State University Weed Control Guide, 2001 Edition. | |||||||||