Herbicide Recommendations for Barley, Oats and Wheat (Spring), Underseeded to Forage Crops: Postemergence Broadleaf Herbicides

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Excerpt from 2008 Publication 75, Guide to Weed Control, Order this publication

Barley, Oats and Wheat (Spring) (Not Underseeded, Soil Applied, Preharvest, and Postharvest)
Wheat (Winter) and Fall Rye

**2,4-D**
Trade Name	2,4-D	or 2,4-D	or 2,4-D
Active Ingredient	2,4-D	or 2,4-D	or 2,4-D
Formulation	470 g/L	564 g/L	660 g/L
Rate per hectare (active)	0.28 to 0.42 kg/ha	0.28 to 0.42 kg/ha	0.28 to 0.42 kg/ha
Rate per hectare (product)	0.6 to 0.9 L/ha	0.5 to 0.74 L/ha	0.42 to 0.64 L/ha
Rate per acre (product)	0.24 to 0.36 L/ac	0.2 to 0.3 L/ac	0.168 to 0.256 L/ac

Precautions

Use ONLY if cereals are underseeded with grasses only.
Apply when the forage grasses have at least 2 leaves and cereals are in the 2-5 leaf stage.

Precautions

Apply when the legumes are in the 1-4 trifoliate stage.
Use ONLY if cereals are underseeded to alfalfa, bird's foot trefoil, alsike or ladino clover and grasses.
Apply in 150-200 L/ha (60-80 L/ac) water.
Wild mustard plants are not usually controlled if sprayed when they are beyond the 4-leaf stage.
Red clover will be damaged by 2,4-DB.

Precautions

Apply when the forage grasses have at least 2 leaves and cereals are in the 2-5 leaf stage.
Use ONLY if cereals are underseeded with grasses.

Precautions

Use ONLY if cereals are underseeded to red clover.
Treat at an early stage of development of the clover when it is covered by a canopy of weeds and crop.
Apply in 180-240 L/ha water (72-96 L/ac).
The lower rate may not kill ragweed.

**Tropotox Plus or Clovitox Plus or Topside**
Trade Name	Tropotox Plus or Clovitox Plus or Topside
Active Ingredient	MCPB/MCPA
Formulation	400 g/L
Rate per hectare (active)	1.1 to 1.7 kg/ha
Rate per hectare (product)	2.75 to 4.25 L/ha
Rate per acre (product)	1.1 to 1.7 L/ac

Precautions

Use ONLY if cereals are underseeded to red, alsike, ladino or white dutch clover and grasses.
Apply when legumes are in the unifoliate to the 4th trifoliate leaf stage.
Apply in 150-200 L/ha (60-80 L/ac) water.