GM Crops: The First Ten Years - International Service for the ...
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Typical herbicide regimes <strong>for</strong> <strong>GM</strong> HT maize in South Africa<br />
Active ingredient<br />
Conventional maize<br />
Acetochlor<br />
Atrazine<br />
Total<br />
<strong>GM</strong> HT maize<br />
Acetochlor<br />
Glyphosate<br />
Total<br />
Source: Monsanto South Africa<br />
Amount (kg/ha of crop)<br />
1.73<br />
1.19<br />
2.92<br />
0.863<br />
1.8<br />
2.663<br />
Typical herbicide regimes <strong>for</strong> <strong>GM</strong> HT cotton in South Africa<br />
Active ingredient<br />
Conventional cotton<br />
Option one<br />
Trifluralin<br />
Hand weeding<br />
Total<br />
Option two<br />
S Metalochlor<br />
Flumeturon<br />
Prometryn<br />
Total<br />
Option 3<br />
Trifluralin<br />
Cyanazine<br />
Total<br />
Option 4<br />
Trifluralin<br />
Flumeturon<br />
Prometryn<br />
Acetochlor<br />
Atrazine<br />
Total<br />
Average conventional<br />
<strong>GM</strong> HT cotton<br />
Glyphosate<br />
Source: Monsanto South Africa<br />
Amount (kg/ha of crop)<br />
1.12<br />
0<br />
1.12<br />
0.95<br />
0.4<br />
0.5<br />
1.85<br />
1.12<br />
0.85<br />
1.6308<br />
0.745<br />
0.4<br />
0.5<br />
0.32<br />
0.128<br />
2.093<br />
1.673<br />
1.8<br />
Field EIQ/ha<br />
38.06<br />
27.25<br />
65.31<br />
19.0<br />
27.54<br />
46.54<br />
Field EIQ/ha<br />
21.06<br />
0<br />
21.06<br />
20.9<br />
8.13<br />
17.0<br />
46.03<br />
21.06<br />
16.83<br />
37.89<br />
14.01<br />
8.13<br />
17.0<br />
5.86<br />
2.93<br />
47.93<br />
38.23<br />
27.54<br />
Appendix<br />
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