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Company profile Sugar cane spray programme.
Intaba’s recommended products for sugar cane, from land preparation to harvest: what each one does, when or against what it is used, and the rate per hectare.
Herbicides
Weed control from land preparation and burn-down to after emergence.
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Touchdown 360
When: Land preparationRate: 3–4 L/ha
Non-selective herbicide for broad-spectrum control.
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Touchdown Hi-Tech 500 SE
When: Land preparationRate: 2–3 L/ha
Non-selective herbicide for broad-spectrum control.
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Glyphosate 41 SL
When: Land preparationRate: 3–4 L/ha
Non-selective herbicide for broad-spectrum control.
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Vico Plus
When: Land preparation and burn-downRate: 1.15 L/ha
Contact non-selective herbicide for broad-spectrum control or burn-down.
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Dual Magnum 960 EC
When: Land preparation and plantingRate: 0.9–1.2 per ha
Broad-spectrum weed suppressant. The rate depends on soil type.
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Astrovar 500
When: Pre- or post-emergenceRate: 2–3 L/ha
Intaba’s atrazine, targeting grasses and broadleaf weeds.
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Servian
When: Post-emergenceRate: 50 g/ha
Selective herbicide to tackle nutsedge.
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Insecticides
Cutworms, Lepidoptera such as fall armyworm and bollworms, aphids and red spider mite.
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Karate 5 EC
Target: CutwormsRate: 250–300 mL/ha
Synthetic pyrethroid to kill cutworms and other Lepidoptera.
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Karate Zeon
Target: CutwormsRate: 200 mL/ha
Capsule suspension synthetic pyrethroid, with a longer-lasting effect.
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Ampligo 150 ZC
Target: Lepidoptera, bollwormsRate: 120 mL/ha
Insecticide for the control of Lepidoptera, encapsulated for longer protection and efficacy.
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Eminent Super
Target: Lepidoptera, bollwormsRate: 100 g
Broad-spectrum insecticide for the control of Lepidoptera pests (fall armyworm, bollworms).
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Aphox
Target: AphidsRate: 300–500 mL/ha
Contact action against yellow aphids in sugar cane.
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Actara 25 WG
Target: AphidsRate: 400 g/ha
Systemic insecticide for the control of aphids. It can be applied as a drench into the cane early in its life.
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Amitraz
Target: Red spider miteRate: 300 mL/ha
Acaricide for the control of spider mites.
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Fungicides
Wilt, smut and rust, and protection after hail or other leaf damage.
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Propiconazole
Target: Wilt, smut and rustRate: 500 mL/ha
Systemic triazole (DMI) fungicide that works by enzyme inhibition.
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Amistar Top 325 SC
Target: Wilt, smut and rustRate: 500 mL/ha
Combines preventive, systemic, translaminar (it moves across the leaf tissue) and curative properties.
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Copper Oxychloride 85 WP
Target: Leaf damageRate: 500 g/ha
Contact fungicide to apply when the cane has suffered severe damage, such as hail.
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Growth regulator
Shorter internodes before harvest.
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Moddus
When: Within 70 days of harvestRate: 1 L/ha
Plant growth regulator (PGR) that inhibits the production of gibberellic acid. Used correctly, it shortens the internodes of sugar cane.
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Read the label. Always read and follow the product label. The label is the legal instruction for use. Ask Intaba to confirm a product against its Zimbabwe label before you use it.
Source: Intaba sugar cane recommendations, October 2026. 13 of the 18 products have their own page in our range.
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