Sharda·Herbicides
Sapphire
Sapphire is a soil-applied herbicide, an emulsifiable concentrate with acetochlor 900 g/L, for maize and sunflower against annual grass and broadleaf weeds, applied before crop emergence.
Main advantages
- Acetochlor 900 g/L — herbicidal screen in the soil
- No action on emerged weeds — applied before they emerge
- Before crop emergence — applied to the soil, not the leaves
- 1.5–3.0 l/ha — one rate for both crops
Overview
About this product
Sapphire is a herbicide for soil application with acetochlor, 900 g/L, in an emulsifiable concentrate. The product forms a herbicidal screen in the surface layer of the soil: weed shoots take up acetochlor as they pass through it, and the synthesis of very-long-chain fatty acids is inhibited in them.
It does not act on plants that have already emerged. The soil for maize or sunflower is sprayed once before sowing, during sowing or after it before crop emergence at 1.5–3.0 l/ha against annual grass and broadleaf weeds, with 200–400 l/ha of working solution.
Application
Rate, timing and crops
- Rate
- 1.5–3.0 l/ha
- Timing
The soil for maize or sunflower is sprayed once before sowing, during sowing or after sowing before crop emergence.
Working solution 200–400 l/ha.
- Crops
- MaizeSunflower
Figures from the manufacturer, Sharda. Source page
Register rates
State register, entry 14617
| Crop | Rate, L/ha | Max treatments |
|---|---|---|
| Кукурудза, соняшнику | 1.5–3.0 | 1 |
Кукурудза, соняшнику
- Rate, L/ha
- 1.5–3.0
- Max treatments
- 1
Source: State register of pesticides and agrochemicals, file of 19.10.2026.
Specifications
Active ingredients and formulation
| Brand | Sharda |
|---|---|
| Type | Herbicide |
Active ingredients
| |
| Formulation | EC · emulsifiable concentrateUkrainian label code КЕ |
| Target Crops | Corn, Sunflower |
| Mode of action | Acetochlor is a chloroacetamide (HRAC group 15). It is taken up by weed shoots as they grow through the treated soil layer, and in them it inhibits the synthesis of very-long-chain fatty acids on which cell division depends. |
| Resistance group | Group 15 · VLCFA synthesis inhibitorsHRAC |
| Hazard class | Class 2 · highly hazardous |
| Registration | Registered until 31.12.2031Certificate А 09289 · register entry 14617 |
| Registrant | Sharda Cropchem Limited (India) |
| Manufacturer | Sharda Cropchem |
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- Yes. The State register lists this product as registered in Ukraine until 31.12.2031. The certificate and the register entry are in the Specifications table.
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