REFUGE HERBICIDE is for use for vegetation management and weed control on lawns, golf course turf, and non-crop areas such as roadsides, parking lots, and airports.
Refuge™ herbicide from Syngenta is a nonselective systemic herbicide for weed control in vegetation management environments. It controls a wide range of emerged annual and perennial grass and broadleaf weeds and unwanted woody brush and trees. It can be used in a wide range of vegetation management use areas including aquatic and wetland sites.
Product Highlights:
- Non-volatile; Refuge will not move as a vapor after application onto non-target vegetation.
- Controls a broad spectrum of emerged annual and perennial grass and broadleaf weeds.
- Can be broadcast applied through ground application or by air.
- Controls emerged, floating, and marginal weeds in aquatic and wetland sites.
- Controls woody brush, trees and cut stump regrowth (as specified on the label).
- Mode of Action
Refuge™ herbicide's active ingredient is glyphosate. Its primary mode of action involves inactivation of the target enzyme 5-enolpyruvylshikimate-3-phosphate synthase (EPSPS). This enzyme is involved in the synthesis of several essential amino acids that are the building blocks for proteins needed for plant growth and development. In susceptible weeds, glyphosate binds tightly to EPSPS rendering the enzyme inactive. With the inactivation of EPSPS, the plant is unable to produce certain essential amino acids resulting in plant death.