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Lontrel 360, Transline: clopyralid

Author: OMAFRA Staff
Creation Date: 25 November 2002
Last Reviewed: 21 January 2008
Pub 75: Guide to Weed Control > Notes on Herbicides > Lontrel 360, Transline: clopyralid

Excerpt from Chapter 4, Publication 75, Guide to Weed Control, Order this publication

Trade Names Lontrel 360, Transline
Formulation Sn
Guaranteed active concentration 360 g/L
Groups  4
Ontario Schedule 2
Winter Storage A
Chemical Family Pyridine
Crop and/or Non-Crop Registrations Strawberries, highbush blueberries, new and bearing apples, cranberries, sugar beets, rutabagas, cole crops (cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli, asian cole crops), canola, barley, oats, wheat, control of broadleaf weeds in rights-of-way (hydro, railroad, communication lines, pipelines) and associated stations, industrial manufacturing sites, storage sites and roadsides, airports, military bases and low maintenance, rough-turf areas, rangeland, grass pasture and balsam fir Christmas tree stands or plantations..
Sensitive Weeds Will control or suppress certain annual and perennial weeds including Canada thistle, goldenrod, ox-eye daisy, tufted vetch, sheep sorrel, dandelion and wild buckwheat, scentless chamomile, groundsel, ragweed, coltsfoot and spotted knapweed.
Uptake and Translocation Rapidly absorbed by foliage and translocated readily throughout the plant via both xylem and phloem systems. Clopyralid is distributed throughout the plant to the meristem.
Basis of Selectivity  Effects on nucleic acid metabolism and growth are not observed in grasses and other tolerant species.
Application Methods Postemergence as a broadcast or selective foliar.
Residual Activity Half-life in soil is less than 30 days under conditions that are favourable for microbial degradation. Little to no residual activity.
Unique Characteristics Clopyralid has little to no activity on woody vegetation, except woody species of the legume family.
Manufacturer / Registrant  Dow Agrosciences Canada Inc.   

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