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PREEMERGENT HERBICIDE [1 record]

Record 1 2015-02-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Agricultural Chemicals
  • Cultural Practices (Agriculture)
  • Crop Protection
DEF

A selective herbicide applied after the crop is sown but before it emerges.

CONT

Have you hesitated to use a preemergent herbicide because you didn’t understand what it does or how to apply it? Did you try one and have poor results? ... These preventative herbicides actually can be helpful throughout the majority of the growing season.

Key term(s)
  • pre-emergent herbicide

French

Domaine(s)
  • Agents chimiques (Agriculture)
  • Soin des cultures (Agriculture)
  • Protection des végétaux
DEF

[Herbicide] appliqué après le semis mais avant l'apparition des adventices et des jeunes plants.

CONT

Les herbicides préventifs (anti-germinatifs) appliqués sur le sol propre sont absorbés par les radicelles des graines en germination, par les racines ou les parties aériennes des très jeunes plantules traitées et détruisent les mauvaises herbes dès leur levée : ils n’ont aucune action sur les mauvaises herbes développées.

Spanish

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