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Roundup Ready ®

Xtend Crop System

IT ’ S THE SYSTEM THAT MAKES THE DIFFERENCE
Meet the Roundup Ready ® Xtend Crop System . It ’ s the only soybean system combining the high yield potential of Roundup Ready 2 Xtend ® soybeans with tolerance to glyphosate and dicamba to give your crop a head-start against kochia , Canada fleabane and other tough grass and broadleaf weeds setting your crop up for maximum yield potential .
Roundup Xtend ® and XtendiMax ® , both with VaporGrip ® Technology , are two chemistry options within the Roundup Ready Xtend Crop System to help you enhance your yield potential . Roundup Xtend herbicide with VaporGrip Technology combines the power of dicamba and glyphosate to give you broad spectrum control over the toughest weeds . And its easyto-use , premixed formulation saves you valuable time in the field . XtendiMax herbicide with VaporGrip Technology is a low-volatility dicamba-only formulation which can be tank mixed with a Roundup-branded product to give you the weed control you need .
Yield ( bu / ac .)
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Yield Impact of Early Residual Weed Control
51.4 52.7 53.8
} 2.4 bu / ac .
To get the full benefits of the Roundup Ready Xtend Crop system , apply your first herbicide pass between pre-emergence and V2 to provide short-term residual activity on small seeded broadleaf weeds . Research trials showed a 2.4 bu ./ ac . increase * due to reduced early weed competition from the residual activity of dicamba .
WMAX ( 900 g ae / ha ) PP & WMAX ( 900 g ae / ha ) PO-3
WMAX ( 900 g ae / ha ) + D ( 300 g ae / ha ) PP & WMAX ( 900 g ae / ha ) PO-3
WMAX ( 900 g ae / ha ) + D ( 600 g ae / ha ) PP & WMAX ( 900 g ae / ha ) PO-3
WMAX = Roundup WeatherMAX D = dicamba
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PP = preplant / pre-emerge PO-3 = post emergent application at 3 rd trifoliate
* Source : Bayer Market Development research trials , 2008 – 2014 ( n = 39 ). Average of 2.4 bu ./ ac . advantage over 2-pass glyphosate-only treatment .
Performance may vary from location to location and from year to year , as local growing , soil and weather conditions may vary . Growers should evaluate data from multiple locations and years whenever possible and should consider the impacts of these conditions on the growers ’ fields .