Report the presence of this pest before undertaking control
Information about this pest can be found on the cleavers: declared pest page.
Chemical requirements
When using any agricultural chemicals please ensure that you always follow instructions on the label and any permit. Users of agricultural chemical products must always strictly comply with the directions on the label and the conditions of any permit. To view permits or product labels go to the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority website.
Control options
Chemical control options can be found below. For other methods of control please refer to the cleavers: what you should know page.
Report the presence of this organism before undertaking control.
Chemical control options
| Recommended herbicides | Actively growing:Jaguar®; Barracuda; Bromicide MA |
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| Herbicide: Jaguar® (South Australian recommendation) | |
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| Active ingredient | 250g/L bromoxynil (Group C) + 25g/L diflufenican (Group F) |
| Rate of product/ha | 1L |
| Time of application | Early post emergence of weeds. Up to one whorl stage of weed. |
| Remarks and other control measures | Apply to actively growing weeds. If crop or weed density is high it will be necessary to use high volume of application e.g. up to 100L/ha. Similar product Barracuda® will give suppression. |
| Herbicide: Bromicide MA | |
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| Active ingredient | 200g/L bromoxynil (Group C) + 200g/L MCPA (Group I) |
| Rate of product/ha | 750mL |
| Time of application | Two to four stems with one to three whorls of leaves/stem |
| Remarks | Use minimum of 50L water/ha |
| Herbicide: Fluroxypyr (Group I) (various trade names: see APVMA link) | |
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| Active ingredient | a) 200g/L fluroxypyr b) 333g/L fluroxypyr c) 400g/L fluroxypyr |
| Rate of product/ha | a) 1L b) 300–900mL uptake spraying oil (winter fallow) c) 500mL |
| Time of application | In wheat, oats, barley and triticale apply at three leaf to flag leaf (Zadok 13–39). Weeds with one to three whorls of leaves: 600mL + 500mL uptake spraying oil for winter fallow. |