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Action®, formerly CGA-248757 (fluthiacet-methyl) is a herbicidal harvest
aid for cotton being marketed by Syngenta Crop Protection, Inc. Action®
has been tested as a harvest-aid product since 1996 in West Central Texas.
The information summarized in this report is from plots established in 1999
and 2000. Action® was applied with a self-propelled ground sprayer to
small replicated test plots of furrow irrigated cotton. In these small plots,
Action® was equal in its level of leaf defoliation to any currently labeled
harvest aid (as of December, 2000). Leaf drop continued slowly even when
night temperatures fell in the 50 to 60 O F range. The defoliation of the
cotton plant was slowed when night temperatures dropped below 60 O F.
When Action® is used at rates above the 1.25 ounces per acre rate, leaf
desiccation is significantly higher for seven to fourteen days, however, the
percent of desiccation falls within an acceptable range of less than 20
percent by fourteen days after treatment. When Action® is applied at the |
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Document last modified XXXXXX, XXX XX 2001
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