Bayer CropScience has registered Tundra, a new broadleaf herbicide combining three different modes of action in one jug.
Tundra is for use in spring and durum wheat and barley crops, combining fenoaxaprop-p-ethyl, bromoxynil and pyrasulfotole from herbicide groups 1, 6 and 27 respectively.
“It is the only all-in-one product that eliminates the requirement for tank-mixing, which makes it extremely simple for producers to use,” Lauren Davis, Bayer’s manager for cereal crop herbicides, said in a release.
“Because Tundra does not require an additional herbicide tank mix adjuvant or surfactant, producers have more flexibility during the busy spray season.”
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Tundra is meant to provide “quick, reliable” control along with flexibility in recropping options, the company said.
Tundra’s recropping intervals for wheat, barley, alfalfa, canary-seed, canola, field corn, field peas, soybeans, flax and oats are 10 months, while the minimum interval before seeding Tundra-treated fields to lentils is 22 months.
The product also carries a wide window of application, Davis said, as it can be applied from one to six leaves on the main stem, up to the emergence of the third tiller.
In its product launch, Bayer offered testimonials from 11 growers from the three Prairie provinces, speaking mostly to Tundra’s ease of use with no need for tank mixes.
