Herbicide label
Sortie Herbicide Label
Sortie (EPA 7969-156-5905) is a Group 15 dimethenamid-p herbicide labeled for 13 crops. The label lists 36 controlled weeds, plus partial-control, suppression, and partner-control categories.
“Dimethenamid-P is a chloroacetamide herbicide belonging to the herbicide mode-of-action Group 15 (WSSA)/Group K**3** (HRAC). . **Sortie®** will provide most effective weed control when applied by ground or aerial equipment and subsequently incorporated into soil by rainfall, sprinkler irrigation, or mechanical tillage prior to weed seedling emergence from soil. **Sortie®** can also be applied through chemigation. **Sortie®** may be applied as a preplant incorporated, preplant surface, preemergence, early postemergence, or layby (corn) treatment. **Sortie®** may be applied using either water or sprayable fluid fertilizer as the spray carrier.”
Sortie label facts
- Product Sortie
- EPA Reg. No. 7969-156-5905
- Distributor Helena Agri-Enterprises, LLC, d/b/a Helena Chemical Comp
- Active ingredient dimethenamid-p
- MOA group 15
Crops on the Sortie label
Sortie is labeled for these 13 crops and uses, per the EPA label.
Weeds on the Sortie label
The Sortie label names 47 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 control36- amaranth, palmer
- amaranth, powell
- barnyardgrass, common
- bluegrass, annual
- bluegrass, roughstalk
- brome, california
- brome, downy
- carpetweed
- mayweed, chamomile
- crabgrass, large
- crabgrass, smooth
- cupgrass, southwestern
- rattail fescue
- flatsedge, rice
- foxtail, giant
- foxtail, green
- foxtail, yellow
- goosegrass
- nightshade, black
- nightshade, cutleaf
- nightshade, eastern black
- nightshade, hairy
- nutsedge, yellow
- panicum, fall
- pigweed, prostrate
- pigweed, redroot
- pigweed, smooth
- pigweed, tumble
- purslane, common
- pusley, florida
- red rice
- ryegrass, italian
- spurge, nodding
- spurge, spotted
- waterhemp, common
- witchgrass
Partial control
partial11- beggarweed, florida
- cupgrass, woolly
- eclipta
- johnsongrass, seedling
- lambsquarters, common
- millet, wild-proso
- panicum, texas
- ragweed, common
- sandbur
- shattercane
- signalgrass, broadleaf
Sortie 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.
Plant-back and rotation
Your interval depends on your application rate and the rotational crop.
Get the interval for your rotation: build a program and FieldMarshal gives you the exact plant-back for your rotational crop from the label line.
Sortie FAQ
What weeds does Sortie control?
The Sortie label names 47 weeds, including palmer amaranth, powell amaranth, common barnyardgrass, annual bluegrass, roughstalk bluegrass, and california brome. Control varies by crop, rate, and timing.
What crops is Sortie labeled for?
Sortie is labeled for 13 crops and uses, including field corn, soybeans, potato, peanut, and sugar beet.
What is the active ingredient in Sortie? Is it a generic?
Sortie's active ingredient is dimethenamid-p (MOA Group 15). 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.