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Paraquat plus diquat
Herbicide Damage Information

Paraquat plus diquat at 80 and 400g ai/ha

Cotton plants were exposed to the combination of paraquat plus diquat at 50% and 10% of a typical field dose rate. The paraquat plus diquat formulation used was Spray.Seed® 250 (paraquat 135 g a.i./L, present as paraquat dichloride, plus diquat 115 g a.i./L, present as diquat dibromide), a Syngenta product, at 1.6 L/ha and 320 ml/ha. Spray.Seed was applied at 6, 11 and 15 nodes of cotton growth, broadcast over the crop in 100 L water/ha. All data were compared to an untreated control.

   80g Paraguat plus diquat at 6 nodes
   80g Paraquat plus diquat at 11 nodes
   80g Paraquat plus diquat at 15 nodes

   400g paraquat plus diquat at 6 nodes
   400g paraquat plus diquat at 11 nodes
   400g paraquat plus diquat at 15 nodes
   
   

 

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