Wheat is won on two fronts: keeping the field clean of Phalaris and broadleaf weeds, and keeping the flag leaf green long enough to fill the grain.
The season, stage by stage
Crop → problem → product → application → benefit
Each step below names the problem as it appears in the field, the Shaktiwan Agro product for it, when to apply, and the benefit you should expect. Dose is printed on the approved pack label.
Grassy weeds growing at the same pace as the crop, taking light, moisture and fertiliser.
As printed on the Company-approved pack label and technical leaflet. Please confirm with our agronomy team before use.
Apply in the recommended post-emergent window with adequate soil moisture, per the label.
Recovers the yield that grassy weeds would otherwise take out of the field.
Bathua, senji and other broadleaf weeds thickening the crop canopy and harbouring pests.
As printed on the Company-approved pack label and technical leaflet. Please confirm with our agronomy team before use.
Use at the crop stage stated on the approved label, avoiding drift to neighbouring crops.
A clean, even canopy that is easier to harvest and free of weed seed return.
Orange-brown pustules on leaves, or white powdery patches, spreading upward toward the flag leaf.
As printed on the Company-approved pack label and technical leaflet. Please confirm with our agronomy team before use.
Protect the upper leaves at the first sign of infection, as directed on the label.
Keeps the flag leaf working through grain fill — the single biggest driver of wheat yield.
Pale, prematurely drying leaves at grain fill and light, shrivelled grain at harvest.
As printed on the Company-approved pack label and technical leaflet. Please confirm with our agronomy team before use.
Foliar application at booting and again at heading, per the approved leaflet.
Better grain weight and test weight, which is what the mandi actually pays for.
Content rule. Dose and composition are published only from the Company’s approved label and technical leaflet, so they are not stated on this page. Read the label before use, follow the pre-harvest interval, and contact our agronomy team on +91 70808 01647 if anything is unclear.
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