GROWERS SEEKING burndown plus season-long weed control in corn and grain sorghum will soon have a new tool in their arsenal. Expert is an easy-to-use, all-in-one burndown herbicide with season-long residual control of both grass and broadleaf weeds, for corn and grain sorghum production. The new herbicide product from Syngenta Crop Protection is ideal for no-till and reduced-tillage crop production systems.

Expert is a pre-mix combination herbicide containing 2.14 pounds of atrazine, 1.74 pounds S-metolachlor, and 1 pound of glyphosate per gallon. To insure a high level of crop safety in corn, the innovative formulation also includes benoxacor.

Expert herbicide may be applied up to 30 days prior to, during, or after planting all types of corn or grain sorghum grown under no-tillage or other reduced-tillage practices.

Expert must be applied prior to emergence of sorghum or corn that is not Roundup Ready. Recommended application rates for the product range from 2.5 to 3.75 quarts per acre.

Expert has been approved by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and will be submitted for state registrations to allow use in Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, Tennessee, Arkansas and Missouri.