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    A TruFlex Canola logo and a Liberty Link logo are side by side. TruFlex is black and red, and Liberty Link’s logo is black.

    TruFlex LibertyLink Canola

    A canola trait for farmers who want to use all of the tools available to them, with the ability to select their herbicide options depending on the weed spectrum in their fields. With this innovative canola trait, you get the benefit of the weed control provided by both Roundup® and Liberty® branded herbicides – including exceptional control of kochia, wild oats, cleavers and waterhemp.

    Crop System:

    TruFlex® LibertyLink® Canola

    Groups:

    9 Glyphosate
    10 Glufosinate

    Trait Highlights

    Customized Management Techniques

    The flexibility to select the herbicide options based on your individual fields, environment and weed spectrum.

    Control Tough Weeds

    Effective control of a wide range of problem weeds including wild oats, cleavers and kochia without giving up crop safety.

    Manage Herbicide Resistance

    Provides an effective tool for managing and delaying herbicide resistance.
    Application Properties

    Control Weeds Early

    Early weed control helps ensure strong stand establishment and higher yield potential. To achieve this, start with a pre-seed burndown using a tank mix partner to keep your fields free of weeds from emergence up to the two-leaf stage.

    There are multiple herbicide combinations with TruFlex® canola and LibertyLink® Technologies trait. The following are some proven approaches using the system for specific weed pressures:

    Early emerged canola planted into stubble.

    Wild Oat Control

    Following the recommended herbicide application rates and timing will set your canola crop up for maximum yield potential. For more information on optimal spray rates and timing for TruFlex canola, please review the rate sheet.

    Infographic illustrating the stages of canola growth with herbicide application recommendations for wild oat and broadleaf weed control

    Glyphosate-Resistant Kochia Control

    A graphic showing the spray amount for herbicide to control glyphosate-resistant kochia as canola plants grow.

    Cleaver Control

    A graphic showing the spray amount for herbicide to control cleaver weeds as canola plants grow.

    Controlling Volunteer Canola

    Use best management practices as they exist today for controlling volunteer canola including:

    Benefit

    Do not rely on glyphosate alone to control volunteer canola, regardless of canola herbicide system, as this can lead to other issues, including increased resistance
    Benefit

    Where possible, always include an effective tank mix partner
    Benefit

    Numerous herbicides with different modes of actions are available to control volunteers
    Benefit

    Practice other cultural methods such as crop rotation and managing harvest losses to reduce the amount of volunteer canola
    Small green plants with multiple rounds leaves grow low to the brown soil. There are larger plants above.
    Source: Canola Council of Canada
    PERFORMANCE

    Weed Control Comparison

    These images are from Bayer trial plots, demonstrating three different approaches to early season weed control. In this trial, the plot treated with an initial application of Liberty® 150 SN herbicide followed by an application of Roundup® herbicide showed superior control of weeds. After the initial application of Liberty® 150 SN herbicide, any weed regrowth was effectively controlled by the application of Roundup® herbicide.

    Roundup® herbicide at 0.67 L/ac. followed by Roundup® herbicide at 0.67 L/ac. a week later.

    Liberty® 150 SN herbicide at 1.62 L/ac. with 75 mL/ac. Centurion® herbicide followed by Liberty® herbicide at 1.6 L/ac. a week later.
    preferred

    Liberty® 150 SN herbicide at 1.62 L/ac. with 75 mL/ac. Centurion® herbicide followed by Roundup® herbicide at 0.67 L/ac. a week later.

    Source: Bayer Research Trials, Carseland, AB, 2020. Your results may vary according to agronomic, environmental, pest and disease pressure variables.

    EFFECTIVE AGAINST

      A green foxtail plant shown close-up. It has a large green, bristly, cylindrical seed head and a thin stem.
      • Kochia
      • Wild Oats
      • Cleavers
      • Waterhemp
      A green foxtail plant shown close-up. It has a large green, bristly, cylindrical seed head and a thin stem.
      • Canada thistle
      • Perennial sow thistle
      • Dandelion
      • Quackgrass
      • Foxtail barley
      • Smooth pigweed
      • Common ragweed
      • Cocklebur
      • Eastern black nightshade
      • Pannsylvania
      • Foxtail (yellow & giant)
      • Fall panicum
      • Wild proso millet
      • Crabgrass (smooth & large)
      • Velvet leaf
      • Biennial wormwood
      • Wire-stemmed muhly
      • Volunteer adzuki beans
      • Common milkweed
      • Yellow nutsedge
      • Field bindweed
      • Horsenettle
      • Tall waterhemp
      • Bur cucumber
      • Wild oats
      • Green foxtail
      • Volunteer barley
      • Volunteer wheat
      • Barnyard grass
      • Stinkweed
      • Redroot pigweed
      • Wild mustard
      • Russian thistle
      • Lamb’s quarters
      • Non-Roundup Ready Volunteer
      • canola
      • Hempnettle
      • Lady’s thumb
      • Kochia
      • Chickweed
      • Corn spurry
      • Wild tomato
      • Cleavers
      • Wild buckwheat
      • Shepherd’s purse
      • Cow cockle
      • Night-flowering catchfly
      • Smartweed
      • Stork’s bill
      • Flixweed
      • Narrow-leaved hawk’s beard
      • Round-leaved mallow
    A green foxtail plant shown close-up. It has a large green, bristly, cylindrical seed head and a thin stem.

    Crop Control Options

    Roundup WeatherMAX Herbicide

    Roundup WeatherMAX herbicide controls the toughest weeds across a range of weather conditions.

    LIBERTY 150 SN HERBICIDE

    Videos

    Two Trait Heavyweights

    See how TruFlex® canola and LibertyLink® canola Technologies gives you the power and flexibility to use two best-in-class herbicides to deliver a knockout blow to tough weeds.

    The Front Row

    Market Development Representative, Christian Hansen, showcases the benefits of TruFlex® canola with Roundup Ready® and LibertyLink® Technologies.

    Trait Technology Partners

    To purchase the traits that are right for your farm, contact one of our seed partners.

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    TRAITS RESOURCES

    Canola Articles

    Benefits of VaporGrip® Technology

    Important Notice Regarding The U.S. Dicamba Ruling

    Dicamba Application Requirements

    Dicamba basics

    Pre-Plant Tank-Mix Recommendations for Eastern Canadian Growers

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