The library · Herbicide
Halauxifen
A newer arylpicolinate Group 4, used at very low rates in cereal and burnoff premixes.
- Group
- Herbicide Group 4
- Family
- Phenoxys, benzoics, pyridines and quinolines
- Formula
- C14H11Cl2FN2O3
- Molar mass
- 345.1 g/mol
- You may know it as
- Paradigm, Pixxaro
- In Canada
- Mostly branded
Structure: PubChem CID 16656802
How it kills
Synthetic auxins
Mimics a natural plant hormone, overloading the growth system.
Broadleaf weeds twist, curl and grow themselves to death.
Taken in by the leaf, then carried with sugars down to the roots and up to the growing points.
Where it fits
In the season.
Commonly used on
- Broadleaf weeds
- Kochia
- Cereals
Good to know
- Almost always sold with a partner such as florasulam or fluroxypyr.
- It is different chemistry, but it still counts as Group 4 in your rotation.
- Group 4 resistant kochia has been confirmed on the Prairies. Keep drift and sprayer clean-out in mind around sensitive crops.
Same group, same mode of action
