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Insecticide

SILENCER® 120 EC

Most trusted active ingredient used in Western Canada to control a wide range of insects in field, tree fruit and horticulture crops.

SILENCER® 120 EC

General Info

Talk to your full service input retailer and to your crop buyers to make an informed decision about if and when to apply this product

Note: The following crops are no longer registered crops:

  • Pasture
  • Sunflowers
  • Leaf and head lettuce
  • Green house lettuce
  • Bulb vegetables (Crop group 3: Garlic; Elephant Garlic; Leek; Dry Bulb; Green and Welch Onion; Shallots)
  • Timothy grown from hay

HOW IT WORKS
Fast-acting stomach and contact insecticide.

PACKAGING

  • Case: 4 × 3.785 L jugs

APPLICATION RATES AND ACRES TREATED

  • Rate: 17 – 94 ml/ac; standard rate: 34 ml/ac
  • Acres Treated: 40 – 220 ac/jug; standard rate: 110 ac/jug
  • Standard rate is applicable for most pests, refer to label for more information.

WATER VOLUME

  • Ground: 40 – 80 L/ac (10 – 20 US gal/ac)
  • Aerial: 4 – 16 L/ac (1 – 4 US gal/ac)

RAINFASTNESS

  • 1 hour

APPLICATION TIMING AND CROP STAGING:

Bertha Armyworm: Apply when the insects are at a vulnerable stage (early larval instars). Consult provincial guidelines for treatment threshold and advice.

Diamondback Moth Larvae: Apply when the insects are at a vulnerable stage (early larval instars). Consult provincial guidelines for treatment threshold and advice.

Flea Beetles: Begin scouting for feeding damage within a week of emergence. Apply to crop at first signs of feeding. SILENCER® 120 EC can also be used to spray a 15 m strip around the field edge to reduce insect migration.

Grasshoppers: Apply the low rate (26 ml/ac) up to the 3rd nymphal stage (1 cm long), or when insect numbers are low. Apply the high rate (34 ml/ac) when grasshoppers are larger, up to but not including winged adults (up to 2.5 cm in length) or when insect numbers are high.

Potato Insects (except Colorado Potato Beetle): Apply when insects or feeding damage appears.

Timing of applications should be based on the presence of vulnerable pest developmental stages and significant populations as determined by local monitoring. Consult the label for complete crop list and insect timing.

 

Key Crops and Application Rates

Wheat

Apply 17 mL/acre to 51 mL/acre, depending on the crop and pest. Use 40 to 80 L/acre water volume by ground, 4–16 L/ac by air. See label for specific rates, application timing and complete lists of crops Silencer can be used on and the insect problems that it controls. Always read and follow label directions.

Barley

Apply 17 mL/acre to 51 mL/acre, depending on the crop and pest. Use 40 to 80 L/acre water volume by ground, 4–16 L/ac by air. See label for specific rates, application timing and complete lists of crops Silencer can be used on and the insect problems that it controls. Always read and follow label directions.

Oats

Apply 17 mL/acre to 51 mL/acre, depending on the crop and pest. Use 40 to 80 L/acre water volume by ground, 4–16 L/ac by air. See label for specific rates, application timing and complete lists of crops Silencer can be used on and the insect problems that it controls. Always read and follow label directions.

Canola

Apply 17 mL/acre to 51 mL/acre, depending on the crop and pest. Use 40 to 80 L/acre water volume by ground, 4–16 L/ac by air. See label for specific rates, application timing and complete lists of crops Silencer can be used on and the insect problems that it controls. Always read and follow label directions.