Table 6.5 Asian crucifer cultivars.
Bok Choy Chinese Broccoli
Chinese Cabbage-
napa (tight head)
Chinese Cabbage-
chihili (semi-loose head) Chinese Mustard Kohlrabi Oriental Radish
Bopak Dark Green Gailan Blues Hybrid (H) Green Rocket (H) Crown Jewel Green Beauty April Cross
Joy choi Green Lance (H) China Express Jade Pagoda Canton Choice Kolibri Daikon (Japanese)
Green Jade China Pride Michihili Ching-Chiang Kolibri Hybrid (H) Everest
Kaliburi Minuet Monument Dwarf Peking Purple Green Meat
Kichi SF-65 Rubicon Dynasty Purple Vienna Minowase
Suiho WR-70 days (H) Tainong Nanjing Extra Dwarf Winner Mantanghong Hybrid (H)
Te You Emiko Fortune King Mikura Cross
Lucky Choi Mino Early
Long White Red Meat
Mei Quing Choi Relish Lobok / lo bok (Chinese)
San Fran Shunko
Shanghai Green
H = hybrid
Table 6.6. Herbicides approved for managing weeds in cole crops. (continued)
Labels change frequently. Be sure to read a current product label before applying any chemical.
Active ingredient Trade name MOA
lb. a.i./A product/A code Crops Weeds controlled / remarks
*** PREEMERGENCE / PRETRANSPLANT ***
Bensulide (Prefar) 4 E 8 Head & stem and leafy brassica Annual broadleaf and grass weeds. Fair to poor control of
lambsquarter, purslane, and some amaranth. Mechanically
incorporate 1 to 2 in or irrigate 2 to 4 in deep within 36 hrs.
5.0 - 6.0 5 - 6 qt.
Carfentrazone (Aim) 2 EC 14 Head & stem and leafy brassica Apply as a preplant burn down for emerged broadleaf weeds. Use
crop oil concentrate, methylated seed oil, or nonionic surfactant at
recommended rates. Maximum rate of 0.096 lb. a.i./A per season.
No pretransplant interval.
up to 0.031
Clomazone (Command) 3ME 13 Cabbage Annual broadleaf and grass weeds. On coarse soils, use lower rates.
0.25 0.67 pt. direct seeded Only one application per season. PHI 45 days.
0.25 - 0.38 0.67 - 1.0 pt. transplanted
DCPA (Dacthal) 75 WP 3 Broccoli, Brussels sprouts,
leafy vegetables
Broadleaf and grass weeds. Can be preplant incorporated. If weeds
4.5 - 10.5 6 - 14 lb. have emerged they must be cultivated or weeded before application
Glyphosate (various formulations) 9 Head & stem and leafy brassica Actively growing broadleaf and grass weeds. Use as a preplant
consult label burndown.
Napropamide (Devrinol DF-XT) 15 Broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cabbage,
Annual broadleaf and grass weeds. Apply in transplanted crops.
Irrigate within 24-72 hr. to a soil depth of 4-8 in. Do not exceed 2 lb.
a.i./A per season.
2 4 lb.
(Devrinol 2-XT)
4 qt.
(Galigan, Goal 2XL) 2 EC 14 Certain annual broadleaf weeds. Transplants less than 5 weeks old
or in containers less than 1 in. square may result in more crop injury.
where acentanilde herbicides (Dual Magnum, Lasso, or Ramrod)
have been applied in the same growing season.
0.25 - 0.5 1 - 2 pt.
(Galigan, GoalTender) 4 E
0.5 - 1.0 pt.
(ET Herbicide/Defoliant) 14 Cole crops Broadleaf and grass weeds. Burndown preplant application 1 day
before planting. Include a NIS or COC in the spray solution. Allow 30
oz./A per season.
0.0008 - 0.003
Paraquat (Gramoxone) 2 SL 22
0.5 - 1.0 2.0 - 4.0 pt. Crop plants that have emerged will be injured.
cavalo broccoli, Chinese cabbage,
turnip
Emerged broadleaf and grass weeds. Use as a preplant burndown.
(Firestorm) 3 SL
1.3 - 2.7 pt.
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