Effciency of Volinik Smart, WS herbicide applied during the after harvest period

Abstract

The paper presents the results of the assessment of the efficiency of Volnik Smart, WS herbicide (glyphosate, 545 g/l), Frandesa Co., Ltd applied in the felds for different crops (spring cereals, potato, vegetables, industrial, oil and medicinal crops and others). Volnik Smart, WS herbicide applied in a dose of 1,3–1,8 l/ha was effective against annual cereal and dicotyledonous weeds; when applied in a dose of 2,2–2,6 l/ha it destroyed effectively perennial cereal and dicotyledonous weeds. When the herbicide was applied in a dose of 1,3–1,8 l/ha the number of weeds decreased from 85,6 to 95,7 % and their vegetative mass – from 77,8 to 95,8 % in a month after the treatment. When it was applied in a dose of 2,2–2,6 l/ha the number of weeds decreased from 94,0 to 99,3 % and their vegetative mass – from 88 to 100 %.