First herbicide with Solumax™ soluble granule (SG) technology registered.

DuPont™ Express® SG herbicide has received regulatory approval for pre-seed burn-off, chem-fallow and post harvest applications in plenty of time for the 2006 growing season.

“We are very excited to launch our first product with new Solumax™ soluble granule technology,” says DuPont Canada Cereals and Oilseeds Product Manager, Travis Schoonbaert. “This is just the beginning of a new line-up of herbicides with this technology coming from DuPont.”

Express® SG takes over from the highly successful Express® Toss-N-Go® which has steadily grown in popularity over the last few years.

“Express® SG takes glyphosate to a whole new level of hot,” Schoonbaert explains. “When growers add Express® SG to their glyphosate+, they get increased control of hard-to-kill weeds like dandelion, narrow-leaved hawk’s beard, volunteer Roundup Ready® canola, wild buckwheat and flixweed – and only for about $3/acre.”

Created using a unique new technology that makes dry herbicides work like a liquid, Express® SG dissolves completely into solution when mixed with water, resulting in faster, easier tank clean-out and improved plant absorption for more consistent weed control.

The active ingredient in Express® SG is tribenuron methyl, a Group 2 broadleaf herbicide.  Express® SG tank-mixed with glyphosate controls or suppresses 24 weeds and works well, even under cool conditions. 

“For three years, DuPont has conducted field research in Canada with herbicides produced with Solumax™ soluble granules,” comments Bill Summers, Registration and Development Manager for DuPont Canada. “These herbicides, including Express® SG, have performed with great consistency over a wide range of environmental conditions.”

In a pre-seed burn-off application, spring wheat and barley can be seeded 24 hours after spraying Express® SG with glyphosate. For chem-fallow and fall applications, land can be seeded to any cereal crop, canola, flax, lentils or alfalfa the following year.

Express® SG is registered for use with Roundup WeatherMAX™, Roundup Transorb®, Roundup Original®, Roundup® Dry or Touchdown® iQ™ or Touchdown® 600.

DuPont Canada Crop Protection supplies a full range of crop protection products. For more information about Express® SG, Solumax™ soluble granule technology or any other DuPont product, call the DuPont Support Centre at 1-800-667-3925 or visit the Web site www.dupont.ca/ag.

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+ Express® SG is registered for use with Roundup WeatherMAX™, Roundup Transorb®, Roundup Original®, Roundup® Dry, Touchdown® iQ™ or Touchdown® 600.

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For more information, please contact:

Joanne Hewitson
Marketing Communications Manager
E.I. du Pont Canada Company
Phone: 905-821-5595

Karen Sample
McCormick Company
Phone: 519-475-4769