- Author: Whitney Brim-DeForest
- Author: Roberta Firoved
- Posted by: Gale Perez
Published on: October 6, 2020
SUPPRESS® herbicide EC, a product manufactured by Westbridge Agricultural Products, was registered in California in 2015. Its active ingredients are Caprylic Acid and Capric Acid. It is registered for use in organic production, and it is labeled for use in “agricultural food and non-food crops”. In rice, it can be utilized only when the field is drained (no standing water allowed).
Since 2019, UCCE Rice Advisor Whitney Brim-DeForest has been testing SUPPRESS® herbicide for use in weed control in rice. In 2019, she collaborated with Jim Cook (Colusa County Farm Supply), to spot spray weedy rice in a field containing Type 3 (long awns, straw hulled). The application was made with a handheld backpack sprayer, at...
Tags: herbicide (86), Rice (54), SUPPRESS (1), weed science (7), Weeds (52), Weeds Affecting Plants (4)
Focus Area Tags: Agriculture
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