Several factors are involved in herbicide application technology, with correct deposition being essential to ensure product efficacy. To evaluate the deposition of a glyphosate tracer solution (RR) with an FDC-1 dye, an experiment was carried out in a transgenic soybean cultivated area, infested with wild poinsettia (Euphorbia heterophylla). Applications were carried out at different crop development stages, corresponding to 17; 24; 31; 38 and 45 days after soybean emergence. The targets, soybean plants, wild poinsettias, and Petri dishes on the soil surface, were collected after spraying and the tracer solution was later recovered by washing and stirring in distilled water. Samples of recovered solutions were submitted to spectrophotometer analysis, and the absorption data were converted in µL cm-2 and µL per plant. The accumulated frequencies of the original deposit data were adequately adjusted to the Gompertz model, showing high precision (R² > 0.95). The results showed that the spraying solution deposition on soybean plants and wild poinsettia reduced progressively with crop development and weed infestation, suggesting that control efficiency can be obtained with early applications.
Roundup Ready; tracer (Brilliant Blue); transgenic soybean
