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We provide plant protection and plant nutrition products that help build healthy and sustainable food systems.
Control Goosegrass by SOLGAIN
Herbicide
Goosegrass (Eleusine indica) is a highly invasive species that belongs to the family of Poaceae. Found in the warmer regions of the world, this small annual weed is a major problem to cultivated crops, lawns, and golf courses. It can take over crop area and out-compete crops for sunlight, water, and other essential nutrients contained in the soil. As a result, it can cause significant damage to the vegetable garden or orchard, leaving behind bare patches. The root structure of goosegrass is the real troublemaker in crop area, with its fibrous offshoots that stem from the central taproot. These secondary fibrous roots creep along just under the soil surface, which means they will absorb any moisture and nutrients that soak into the soil before crops’ roots can access them. This will eventually cause crops to become weak and discolored.
Farmers use methods like tillage and herbicides to manage goosegrass. However, the weed can still produce seeds even when it’s closely mown. Additionally, some goosegrass have developed resistance to certain herbicides, including glyphosate. Therefore, finding effective solutions to control the growth of goosegrass has become an urgent problem.
Sunjoy Agro has conducted several field trials to test the effectiveness of SOLGAIN (Fluoroglycofen-ethyl 18% + Haloxyfop-p-methyl 12% EC) in controlling goosegrass. SOLGAIN is a post-emergence herbicide that acts quickly by contact and has resistance management ability. Its combination of two active ingredients allows it to control certain broad-leaved weeds. Moreover, SOLGAIN’s proprietary formulation technology ensures high activity even at low temperatures and shows a synergistic effect by increasing permeability when mixed with other herbicides such as glyphosate and glufosinate-p.
A field trial was conducted in Guangzhou city, Guangdong province on December 23rd, 2023. The average temperature during the trial was between 7-23 degrees. The experimental areas were sprayed with SOLGAIN and glufosinate-p, diluted 1500 times and 100 times respectively. The standard area was treated with glufosinate-p, diluted 100 times, as recommended by local experts. The performance of these treatments was checked 5 and 16 days after application. Evidence is presented below.
The plots were initially covered in weeds before the herbicide application, as shown in the picture.
After 5 days, the weeds in the experimental area treated by SOLGAIN and glufosinate-p had turned yellow and appeared to be poisoned, while the weeds in the standard area treated by glufosinate-p remained green.
After 16 days, all the weeds in the experimental area had died and dried up. However, tillers of goosegrass in the standard area were still not fully chlorotic.
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