Trooper
Trooper is a herbicide with residual and contact activity for the control of black-grass, annual grasses and broad leaved weeds in winter wheat and winter barley.
Benefits
- Particularly effective for black-grass control and the control of broad-leaved weeds
- Low risk formulation, particularly useful where there is resistance to ALS inhibitors
- Pendimethalin complements the grass weed activity of flufenacet
- Strong pre-em allows flexibility for the post-em follow-up
Why Trooper?
Why Trooper®?
Trooper® has been found to give the best start to black-grass programmes, providing the crucial flufenacet partner as well as pendimethalin.
Trooper® is an emulsifiable concentrate containing 60g/l of flufenacet and 300g/l of pendimethalin. This herbicide has particular strength pre-emergence for the control of black-grass.
The flufenacet component in Trooper® provides the cornerstone for grass weed control whilst the pendimethalin component provides control of the key broad-leaved weeds: chickweed, poppy, mayweed, ivy and common leaved speedwell.
Pendimethalin complements the grass weed activity of flufenacet by providing strong residual control of later germinating weeds.
For best results with pre-emergence applications:
- Timing is crucial. Spray within 48 hours of drilling ideally on to moist, clod-free and consolidated seedbeds where seed is adequately covered by a suitable depth of settled soil
- Where drainage, seedbeds and seed depth are good Trooper® can be applied pre-emergence until the end of November. After which, apply Trooper® at one leaf of the crop, to minimise risk of crop damage by heavy rainfall
Excellent control of black-grass
In trials, the effectiveness of Trooper® was tested against Liberator®. Results showed a 9% reduction in black-grass headcount control relative to Liberator®.
Trooper® has been found to give the best start to black-grass programmes, providing the crucial flufenacet partner, as well as pendimethalin.
Trooper® is the best start for ryegrass control
Source: Data from BASF and independent trails
Control of ryegrass & brome
A pre and post-emergence spray programme is needed for best control of ryegrass and brome. Pendimethalin and flufenacet are two of the strongest pre-emergence actives, with pendimethalin having the best residual properties for these weeds. Having a strong pre-emergence active allows more flexibility for post-emergence follow-up.
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Untreated

Liberator

Trooper®