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Callisto 480SC registered for use on blueberries

April 20, 2011  By Syngenta Canada


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Callisto 480SC registered for use on blueberries
Callisto® 480SC herbicide – known
for control of annual broadleaf weeds – has received a Minor Use Label
Expansion for highbush and lowbush blueberries from the Pest Management
Regulatory Agency (PMRA).

April 19, 2011, Guelph,
Ont – Syngenta has announced that Callisto® 480SC herbicide – known
for control of annual broadleaf weeds – has received a Minor Use Label
Expansion for highbush and lowbush blueberries from the Pest Management
Regulatory Agency (PMRA)
.

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Callisto 480SC was
granted an Emergency Use Registration for blueberries in 2010.

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The label expansion is
welcome news for blueberry growers as it provides them with an effective tool
to control competitive weeds.

Callisto owes its
origins to the discovery of a natural compound exuded from the Callistemon
plant that provides it with a defense against other competing vegetation. This
compound provided the chemical foundation to build mesotrione, the active
ingredient in Callisto 480SC.

In highbush and lowbush
blueberries, Callisto 480SC can be applied up to the eight-leaf stage of weeds
prior to crop bloom at a rate of 0.12L/ac. This herbicide provides control of
lamb’s-quarters, redroot pigweed, velvetleaf, wild mustard, eastern black
nightshade as well as suppression of common ragweed.


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