Technical Name - Imazethapyr 10% SL
Chemical Group - Post Emergence Herbicide
Weedblock is an herbicide which belongs to the imidazolinone group.
It should be applied as early post-emergence herbicide for the control of selective broad leaved & grassy weeds in soybean & groundnut.
The product acts as an ALS inhibitor by vitrine of which it inhibits the synthesis of branched chain amino acids in susceptible plants, which in turn interfering with protein production and cells growth.
It has both contact & residual activity. An early application of Weedblock shall free the crop from competing weeds (2-3 leaf stage).
Annual Grasses, Selective Broad Leaf weeds, Sedges and Grassy weeds.
Weeds Target -
Soya Bean - Cyperus difformis, Echinochloa colonum, Echinochloa crushgalli, Euphorbia hirta, Croton sperrsifiorus, Digera arvensis, Commelina benghalensis.
Ground Nut - Cyperus difformis, Trianthema portulacastrum, Commelina benghalensis, Erogrostis pilosa.
Recomonded Crops - Soyabean and Ground Nut
Dosage - 250 - 300 ML / Acre