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232 months ago

Gina W  See profile asked this question:

Language pair:

French > English

Subject:

Other

Level of diffculty:

Easy / medium

Word or term in question:

graminées levées

Context:

[Le produit] peut détruire les

Keywords:

weedkiller, plants, botany

 

 

The answer of   See profile was rated best

newly-emerged grasses/grains

My comment:

This is the term I'd use, and it's true, many herbicides will injure newly-emerged crops as well as the weeds they're supposed to kill and most will have directions on the label as to what growth stage the weeds must be sprayed for max. efficacy and if they can be sprayed over a crop, at what stage the crop must be to avoid injury. Herbicides are classed as pre-emergence (prelevees) and post emergence (post levees) relative to the weeds and the crops, depending on when they're sprayed, and broad v. narrow spectrum, depending on how selective they are as to what they kill or prevent from germinating.

The asker's comment:

Wow, talk about helpful - thanks! Both answers helped a lot.:)