Mesotrione
Trade Name: Callisto
Group 27
Site of Action: Inhibitors of p-hydroxyphenyl pyruvate dioxygenase (HPPD)
Symptoms
Following POST emergent application:
- Susceptible plants experience bleaching following by necrosis
Uptake and Translocation
- Readily absorbed by shoots, roots, stems and leaves
- Translocated to other plant parts
Persistence
- Mesotrione will provide residual control of annual broadleaf weeds
- Half-life in soil: 2- 14 days
- Potential for recropping injury in succulent peas, snap and lima bean and red clover