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Crop type: Sorghum
Application type: Postemergence

Pounds of active ingredient per acre
Nicosulfuron 0.031 to 0.062
Product quantity per acre
0.67 to 1.33 oz Zest WDG
Comments and limitations

Comments and limitationsApply Zest WDG to Inzen (ALS herbicide tolerant) Sorghum hybrids only. Conventional sorghum hybrids will be destroyed if treated with Zest. Zest may be applied up to 1.33 oz, not to exceed 1.8 oz/season to sorghum 4 to 20 inches tall. To ensure good control of the annual grasses, treat within label maximum size recommendations and when grass are small. See label for susceptible grass species. Apply with COC at 1 to 2% v/v using the higher rate in arid conditions. For aerial applications use COC at 0.5% v/v. NIS at 0.25% v/v may be used or 0.5% in arid conditions. Also include a nitrogen source, UAN at 2 quarts/a or 2 lb AMS/a. Double the quantity of the N source when applications are made under arid conditions. DO NOT apply Zest with fertilizer as the total carrier solution. Use this program in conjunction with an effective preemergence herbicide program and/or tank mix Zest with effective tank mix partners to assure effective control of broadleaf and difficult grass weeds. Zest may cause temporal yellowing to Inzen sorghum ut will recover quickly. Do not apply with Huskie Herbicide as significant antagonism of grass control and crop injury may occur. Crop rotational restrictions include corn, field and seed anytime; corn, pop and sweet 10 months, soybean 15 days and 0.5 inches precipitation, winter cereals, wheat, barley, rye, oats 4 months, Cotton and drybeans 10 months, alfalfa and red clover 12 months, and all sorghum including Inzen sorghum, 18 months. See zest.dupont.com for required Inzen Stewardship training to utilize Zest on Inzen sorghum.

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The herbicide performance ratings are taken from: C.R. Thompson, D.E. Peterson, W.H. Fink, P.W. Stahlman, and J.W. Slocombe. 2020. Chemical Weed Control for Field Crops, Pastures, Rangeland, and Noncropland, Kansas State University, January 2016. Contribution no. 16-029-S from the Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station. Find it online at the bookstore.

The insecticide recommendations are taken from: B.P. McCornack, S. Zukoff, R.J. Whitworth, J.P. Michaud, and H.N. Schwarting. 2019. Insect Management Guides. March 2018. Kansas State University Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service. PDF formats are available here.

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