Herbicide label
Optill
Optill (EPA 7969-280) is a Group 2 and 14 imazethapyr and saflufenacil herbicide labeled for 4 crops. The label lists 99 controlled weeds, plus partial-control, suppression, and partner-control categories.
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“Optill is a potent inhibitor of both protoporphyrinogenoxidase, belonging to herbicide mode-of-action Group 14 (WSSA)/Group E (HRAC), and acetohydroxyacid synthase, belonging to herbicide mode-of-action Group 2 (WSSA)/Group B (HRAC). Optill is rapidly absorbed by roots and foliage.”
Optill label facts
- Product Optill
- EPA Reg. No. 7969-280
- Registrant BASF Agricultural Solutions US, LLC
- Active ingredient imazethapyr and saflufenacil
- MOA group 2 and 14
Crops on the Optill label
Optill is labeled for these 4 crops and uses, per the EPA label.
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Weeds on the Optill label
The Optill label names 121 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 control99- alligatorweed
- amaranth, palmer
- anoda, spurred
- jerusalem artichoke
- bedstraw, catchweed
- beets, wild
- beggarticks, hairy
- beggarweed, florida
- bindweed, field
- buckwheat, wild
- canola, volunteer (rapeseed)
- carpetweed
- chickweed, common
- chickweed, mouse-ear
- cocklebur, common
- cowcockle
- dandelion
- eveningprimrose, cutleaf
- falseflax, smallseed
- fleabane, hairy
- fleabane, rough
- flixweed
- foxtail, giant
- foxtail, green
- foxtail, yellow
- galinsoga
- groundcherry, cutleaf
- groundsel, common
- horseweed
- jimsonweed
- johnsongrass
- knotweed, prostrate
- kochia
- ladysthumb
- lambsquarters, common
- lambsquarters, narrowleaf
- miner's lettuce
- prickly lettuce
- mallow, common
- mallow, little (cheeseweed)
- mallow, venice
- marestail (horseweed)
- marshelder
- milkweed, common
- morningglory, entireleaf
- morningglory, ivyleaf
- morningglory, palmleaf
- morningglory, pitted
- morningglory, smallflower
- morningglory, tall
- mustard, black
- mustard, tumble
- mustard, wild
- nettle, burning
- nightshade, black
- nightshade, cutleaf
- nightshade, eastern black
- nightshade, hairy
- nutsedge, purple
- nutsedge, yellow
- pennycress, field
- pepperweed, field
- pepperweed, virginia
- pigweed, prostrate
- pigweed, redroot
- pigweed, smooth
- pigweed, spiny
- poinsettia, wild
- puncturevine
- purslane, common
- ragweed, common
- ragweed, giant
- redmaids
- red rice
- rocket, london
- rocket, yellow
- sesbania, hemp
- shattercane
- shepherd's-purse
- sida, prickly
- signalgrass, broadleaf
- smartweed, pennsylvania
- smartweed, swamp
- sorghum, almum
- sowthistle, annual
- sowthistle, spiny
- spurry, corn
- starbur, bristly
- sunflower, annual
- swinecress
- tansymustard, green
- tansymustard, pinnate
- thistle, canada
- thistle, russian
- velvetleaf
- watercress
- watercress, creeping
- waterhemp, common
- willowweed
Suppression
suppression27- barley
- barnyardgrass, common
- bindweed, field
- buffalobur
- canarygrass, littleseed
- crabgrass, large
- crabgrass, smooth
- hoary cress
- dandelion
- filaree, redstem
- filaree, whitestem
- goosegrass
- henbit
- johnsongrass (rhizome)
- millet, wild-proso
- nutsedge, purple
- nutsedge, yellow
- oats
- wild oats
- panicum, fall
- Panicum,Texas
- pusley, florida
- radish, wild
- spurge, prostrate
- spurge, spotted
- thistle, canada
- volunteer wheat
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Optill rates and plant-back
The label answers both with a table, not a single number. Here is what drives each answer.
Application rate
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Plant-back and rotation
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Optill FAQ
What weeds does Optill control?
The Optill label names 121 weeds, including alligatorweed, palmer amaranth, spurred anoda, jerusalem artichoke, catchweed bedstraw, and wild beets. Control varies by crop, rate, and timing.
What crops is Optill labeled for?
Optill is labeled for 4 crops and uses, including field corn, soybeans, chickpea, and field pea.
What is the active ingredient in Optill? Is it a generic?
Optill's active ingredient is imazethapyr and saflufenacil (MOA Group 2 and 14). Other products list the same active ingredient; rates, formulations, and labeled crops differ — verify each on its own label.
What's the plant-back interval after Optill?
It depends on your rotational crop, application rate, and region, so the label gives a table, not one number. Build a program and FieldMarshal gives you the exact interval for your rotation from the label line, so you can verify it.
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It depends on your target weeds, crop stage, and which partners the label approves. Build a program and FieldMarshal checks the label for approved partners and gives the condition on each, so you can verify it.
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Last updated 2026-07-14.