The library · Herbicide
Flumioxazin
A soil-active Group 14 for early-season broadleaf control in pulses, wheat, barley and soybeans, usually applied with a burndown partner.
- Group
- Herbicide Group 14
- Family
- Triazolinones, pyrimidinediones, N-phenylimides and phenylpyrazoles
- Formula
- C19H15FN2O4
- Molar mass
- 354.3 g/mol
- You may know it as
- Valtera EZ
- In Canada
- Some generics
Structure: PubChem CID 92425
How it kills
PPO inhibitors
Triggers a reaction that ruptures cell membranes in sunlight.
Very fast burn, often visible within a day.
Held in the top layer of soil, where weeds pick it up as they germinate.
Where it fits
In the season.
Commonly used on
- Broadleaf weeds
- Kochia
- Pulses
Good to know
- Rain or moisture activates it.
- The gap before seeding depends on the crop, and durum needs a longer one. Check the label.
- Re-cropping intervals vary by crop.
- Popular as a burnoff partner because it brings a second group against glyphosate-resistant kochia.
Same group, same mode of action
