Herbicide Recommendations for Corn: Postemergence Grass and Broadleaf Herbicides

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Excerpt from 2008 Chapter 9, Publication 75, Guide to Weed Control, Order this publication

**Battalion¹ (Elim EP + Dual II Magnum + Banvel II) + non-ionic surfactant**
Trade Name	Elim EP	+ Dual II Magnum	+ Banvel II	+ non-ionic surfactant
Active Ingredient	rimsulfuron	s-metolachlor/ benoxacor	+ dicamba	+ non-ionic surfactant
Formulation	25 DF	915 g/L	480 g/L
Rate per hectare (active)	12.5 g/ha	573 g/ha	300 g/ha	0.2% v/v
Rate per hectare (product)	50 g/ha	0.625 L/ha	0.625 L/ha	2 L/1000 L
Rate per acre (product)	20 g/ac	0.25 L/ac	0.25 L/ac	2 L/1000 L

Precautions

Apply at the spike to 3-leaf stage of corn.
See precautions for Banvel II applied alone.
Refer to individual product labels for use precautions.
For suppression of quackgrass, apply Battalion¹ at the 1-6 leaf stage of quackgrass.
Do NOT use on seed corn or sweet corn
Battalion¹ is a co-pack of Elim EP, Dual II Magnum and Banvel II.

¹ - Indicates herbicides sold as co-pack under this name.

**Primextra II Magnum**
Trade Name	Primextra II Magnum
Active Ingredient	s-metolachlor/ benoxacor/ atrazine
Formulation	720 g/L (1:0.8)
Rate per hectare (active)	2.16 to 2.88 kg/ha
Rate per hectare (product)	3 to 4 L/ha
Rate per acre (product)	1.2 to 1.6 L/ac

Precautions

Apply when the corn is in the spike to 6-leaf stage and annual grasses are not beyond the 2-leaf stage.
Use high rates for heavy grass infestation areas and for fall panicum control.
Do NOT add oil or surfactants to this mixture.
The equivant rate of Primextra II Magnum can be achieved by adding Dual II Magnum at 0.5 to 0.7 L/ac with either Aatrex Nine-O at 0.45 to 0.66 kg/ac or Atrazine 480 at 0.84 to 1.24 L/ac.