Chile: Bayer advises on weed control Walnut

For achieving the productive potential in fruit and vines and walnut trees do not escape this reality, should control weeds in a timely and effective way to attack all those species from seeds, the real heart of weeds.

As part of the cycle of seminars organized by Technical-Commercial Chilenut, Wednesday June 24, the first such seasonal activities took place from 2015 to 2016, and the venue was the Baths of the Heart in the Valley Aconcagua, where more than 40 producers of nuts gathered to receive an upgrade both in nutrition and fertilization, commercial and phytosanitary management aspects in walnut.

This time Bayer CropScience had an outstanding participation, through Yerko Calquín Agronomist M., who addressed the “Strategy of Integrated Weed Control in Nogales”.

In this regard, the professional said: “Due to the great ability of weeds compete with crops, both for water, nutrients, light and space, and to create conditions for the development of pests and diseases is key control integrating different methods for this, both cultural, physical or mechanical, chemical and to avoid yield losses and production potential associated with the interference. And just in the chapter on the chemical control, Alion® 500SC, soil-active herbicide from Bayer CropScience, to control a broad spectrum of mono- and dicotyledonous weeds from seed, becomes the pillar of that strategy.”

Added to this, Yerko noted that “the strategy of integrated weed management is absolutely reinforced monitoring service and Identification Weed BayDir Services, Bayer CropScience offers farmers of the country to take full advantage to Alion® 500SC, allowing optimally define times of application, the best companions herbicides, according to the particular situation of each country “.

Source: Bayer CropScience