Penoxsulam as a turfgrass, vineyard and orchard floor herbicide
View Patent ↗Penoxsulam, 2-(2,2-difluoroethoxy)-N-(5,8-dimethoxy[1,2,4]-triazolo[1,5-c]pyrimidin-2-yl)-6-(trifluoromethyl)benzenesulofonamide, is useful in controlling broadleaf weeds in vines.
1. A method for controlling undesirable vegetation in vineyards which comprises contacting the undesirable vegetation or the locus thereof with, or applying to the soil to prevent the emergence or subsequent growth of vegetation, an herbicidally effective amount of penoxsulam.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein penoxsulam is applied pre-emergence of the undesirable vegetation.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein penoxsulam is applied at an application rate of about 4 gai/ha to about 140 gai/ha.
4. The method of claim 3 , wherein penoxsulam is applied at an application rate of about 9 gai/ha to about 70 gai/ha.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the undesirable vegetation is windgrass, redroot pigweed, common purslane, giant foxtail, barnyardgrass, junglerice, london rocket, wild mustard, sun spurge, redstem filaree, common mallow, little mallow, annual sowthistle, or common groundsel.