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Summit: primisulfuron-methyl/dicamba

Author: OMAFRA Staff
Creation Date: 25 November 2002
Last Reviewed: 21 January 2008
Pub 75: Guide to Weed Control > Notes on Herbicides > Summit: primisulfuron-methyl/dicamba
Excerpt from Chapter 4, Publication 75, Guide to Weed Control, Order this publication
Trade Names
Summit
Formulation WG
Guaranteed active concentration (1:5.3) 47.4%
Groups  2,4
Ontario Schedule 2
Winter Storage C
Chemical Family Sulfonyl urea/benzoic acid
Crop and/or Non-Crop Registrations Field corn
Sensitive Weeds Quack grass, lamb's-quarters (including triazine tolerant), redroot pigweed, mustards, common ragweed, velvetleaf.
Uptake and Translocation Following foliar application and uptake,translocation through the phloem to meristematic tissues.
Basis of Selectivity  Metabolism by tolerant species.
Application Methods Postemergence, within the 2- to 7-leaf stages of corn.
Residual Activity Degradation primarily by soil microbial activity. Will provide some control of later germinating broadleaf weeds. See the label and and Table 4-5, Herbicide Groupings for Ontario, for rotational restrictions.
Unique Characteristics Will control quack grass and broadleaf weeds. An adjuvant must be added at 0.2% v/v. Apply when temperature, during the 24 hours before and after the application, ranges between 5°C and 28°C. Do not use on seed or sweet corn. Do not apply to corn treated with an organophosphate insecticide.
Manufacturer / Registrant Syngenta Crop Protection Canada Inc.

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