Herbicide label
Imitator Herbicide Label
Imitator (EPA 19713-586) is a Group 9 glyphosate herbicide labeled for 44 crops. The label lists 184 controlled weeds, plus partial-control, suppression, and partner-control categories.
Imitator label facts
- Product Imitator
- EPA Reg. No. 19713-586
- Registrant Drexel Chemical Company
- Active ingredient glyphosate
- MOA group 9
Crops on the Imitator label
Imitator is labeled for these 44 crops and uses, per the EPA label.
- field corn
- soybean
- wheat
- cotton
- sunflower
- potato
- peanut
- sugar beet
- canola
- barley
- sorghum
- rice
- alfalfa
- buckwheat
- proso millet
- pearl millet
- oats
- cereal rye
- triticale
- wild rice
- popcorn
- seed corn
- corn silage
- sweet corn
- fallow
- flax
- mustard
- safflower
- sesame
- clover
- grass seed
- annual ryegrass
- sugarcane
- mint
- radish
- sweet potato
- turnip
- spinach
- field pea
- dry edible bean
- chickpea
- lentil
- cowpea
- durum wheat
Weeds on the Imitator label
The Imitator label names 197 weeds and rates each by how the product handles it: full control, partial control, suppression, or control with a tank-mix partner. A weed can fall at more than one level, because control varies by crop, rate, and timing.
Controls
full control184- alfalfa
- ammannia, purple
- anoda, spurred
- bahiagrass
- balsamapple
- barley
- barley, little
- barnyardgrass, common
- bassia, fivehook
- bearmat
- beggarweed, florida
- bermudagrass
- bindweed, field
- bittercress
- blackberry
- blackgum
- bluegrass, annual
- bluegrass, bulbous
- bluegrass, kentucky
- blueweed, texas
- brome, downy
- brome, japanese
- bromegrass, smooth
- buckwheat, california
- buckwheat, wild
- burcucumber
- bursage, woolly-leaf
- buttercup
- canarygrass, reed
- carpetweed
- catsclaw
- cattail
- chamise
- cheat
- chervil
- chickweed
- clover, red
- clover, white
- cocklebur, common
- cogongrass
- copperleaf, hophornbeam
- copperleaf, virginia
- coreopsis, plains
- corn, volunteer
- crabgrass
- crowfootgrass
- cupgrass, woolly
- dallisgrass
- dandelion
- dwarf dandelion
- devilsclaw
- dock, curly
- dodder
- dogbane, hemp
- eclipta
- eucalyptus
- eveningprimrose, cutleaf
- falsedandelion
- falseflax, smallseed
- fescue
- fescue, tall
- fiddleneck
- filaree, broadleaf
- fleabane, annual
- fleabane, hairy
- fleabane, rough
- foxtail, bristly
- foxtail, carolina
- foxtail, giant
- foxtail, green
- foxtail, yellow
- carolina geranium
- goatgrass, jointed
- goosegrass
- grain sorghum
- groundcherry
- groundsel, common
- guineagrass
- hasardia
- hazel
- henbit
- honeysuckle
- horsenettle
- horseradish
- horseweed
- jerusalem artichoke
- jimsonweed
- johnsongrass
- johnsongrass, seedling
- junglerice
- knapweed
- knotgrass
- knotweed
- kochia
- lambsquarters
- lespedeza
- prickly lettuce
- mannagrass, eastern
- mayweed
- milkweed, common
- millet, wild-proso
- monkey flower
- morningglory
- muhly, wirestem
- mullein, common
- mustard, blue
- mustard, tansy
- mustard, tumble
- mustard, wild
- nightshade, black
- nightshade, hairy
- nightshade, silverleaf
- nutsedge, purple
- nutsedge, yellow
- oats
- wild oats
- orchardgrass
- pampasgrass
- panicum, browntop
- panicum, fall
- panicum, texas
- paragrass
- pennycress, field
- pepperweed, virginia
- pigweed
- poison hemlock
- poison ivy
- pokeweed, common
- pusley, florida
- purslane
- quackgrass
- ragweed, common
- ragweed, giant
- brambles
- red rice
- reed, giant
- rocket, london
- rocket, yellow
- cereal rye
- rye, volunteer
- ryegrass
- ryegrass, perennial
- sage, black
- sage, white
- sandbur, field
- sandbur, longspine
- sesbania, hemp
- shattercane
- shepherd's-purse
- sicklepod
- sida, prickly
- signalgrass, broadleaf
- smartweed, ladysthumb
- smartweed, pennsylvania
- smartweed, swamp
- sowthistle, annual
- sowthistle, perennial
- needles, spanish
- speedwell, corn
- speedwell, purslane
- sprangletop
- spurge, prostrate
- spurge, spotted
- spurry, umbrella
- starbur, bristly
- starthistle, yellow
- stinkweed
- sunflower
- sweetgum
- swinecress
- thistle, canada
- thistle, russian
- timothy
- trumpetcreeper
- vaseygrass
- velvetgrass
- velvetleaf
- virginia creeper
- waterhemp, common
- waxmyrtle, southern
- wheat
- wheat, overwintered
- wheatgrass, western
- witchgrass
Partial control
partial5- alligatorweed
- phragmites
- sweet potato, wild
- thistle, artichoke
- torpedograss
Suppression
suppression6- bentgrass
- dogfennel
- redvine
- smutgrass
- spurge, leafy
- thistle, musk
Controls with a tank-mix partner
needs partner2- mallow
- stinkgrass
Imitator rates and plant-back
The label answers both with a table, not a single number. Here is what drives each answer.
Application rate
Your rate depends on your crop.
Get the rate for your field: build a program and FieldMarshal gives you the exact per-acre rate for your crop from the label line.
Imitator FAQ
What weeds does Imitator control?
The Imitator label names 197 weeds, including alfalfa, purple ammannia, spurred anoda, bahiagrass, balsamapple, and barley. Control varies by crop, rate, and timing.
What crops is Imitator labeled for?
Imitator is labeled for 44 crops and uses, including field corn, soybeans, wheat, cotton, and sunflower.
What is the active ingredient in Imitator? Is it a generic?
Imitator's active ingredient is glyphosate (MOA Group 9). Other products list the same active ingredient; rates, formulations, and labeled crops differ — verify each on its own label.
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Last updated 2026-09-30.