Herbicide label

Total Herbicide Label

Total (EPA 1381-270) is a Group 10 glufosinate herbicide labeled for 8 crops. The label lists 124 controlled weeds, plus partial-control, suppression, and partner-control categories.

“Total is a water-soluble non-selective, broad-spectrum herbicide used for control of annual and perennial grass and broadleaf weeds in a variety of crops.”

— Total EPA label, Reg. No. 1381-270

Total label facts

Crops on the Total label

Total is labeled for these 8 crops and uses, per the EPA label.

Weeds on the Total label

The Total label names 134 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

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  • alfalfa
  • amaranth, palmer
  • anoda, spurred
  • barnyardgrass, common
  • bedstraw, catchweed
  • beggarweed, florida
  • bermudagrass
  • bindweed, field
  • bindweed, hedge
  • black medic
  • bluegrass, annual
  • bluegrass, kentucky
  • blueweed, texas
  • bromegrass, smooth
  • buckwheat, wild
  • buffalobur
  • burcucumber
  • burdock
  • bursage, woolly-leaf
  • canarygrass
  • volunteer canola
  • carpetweed
  • chickweed, common
  • chickweed, mouseear
  • clover, red
  • cocklebur, common
  • copperleaf, hophornbeam
  • corn, volunteer
  • cotton, volunteer
  • crabgrass, large
  • crabgrass, smooth
  • croton, tropic
  • croton, woolly
  • cupgrass, woolly
  • dandelion
  • devilsclaw
  • eclipta
  • fleabane, annual
  • foxtail, bristly
  • foxtail, giant
  • foxtail, green
  • foxtail, robust purple
  • foxtail, yellow
  • galinsoga, hairy
  • galinsoga, smallflower
  • geranium, cutleaf
  • goldenrod, gray
  • goosegrass
  • groundcherry, cutleaf
  • hempnettle
  • horsenettle
  • jimsonweed
  • rhizome johnsongrass
  • johnsongrass, seedling
  • junglerice
  • knotweed
  • kochia
  • ladysthumb
  • lambsquarters, common
  • mallow, common
  • mallow, venice
  • horseweed
  • marshelder, annual
  • millet, proso volunteer
  • millet, wild-proso
  • morningglory, entireleaf
  • morningglory, ivyleaf
  • morningglory, pitted
  • morningglory, sharppod
  • morningglory, smallflower
  • morningglory, tall
  • mustard, wild
  • nightshade, black
  • nightshade, eastern black
  • nightshade, hairy
  • nightshade, silverleaf
  • wild oats
  • orchardgrass
  • panicum, fall
  • panicum, texas
  • pennycress, field
  • pigweed, prostrate
  • pigweed, redroot
  • pigweed, smooth
  • pigweed, spiny
  • pigweed, tumble
  • pokeweed, common
  • puncturevine
  • purslane, common
  • pusley, florida
  • quackgrass
  • ragweed, common
  • ragweed, giant
  • red rice
  • rice, volunteer
  • sandbur, field
  • senna, coffee
  • sesbania, hemp
  • shattercane
  • shepherd's-purse
  • sicklepod
  • sida, prickly
  • signalgrass, broadleaf
  • smartweed, pennsylvania
  • smellmelon
  • sorghum, volunteer
  • sowthistle, annual
  • sowthistle, perennial
  • volunteer soybean
  • sprangletop
  • spurge, prostrate
  • spurge, spotted
  • starbur, bristly
  • stinkgrass
  • sunflower, annual
  • sunflower, prairie
  • sunflower
  • thistle, canada
  • thistle, russian
  • velvetleaf
  • waterhemp, common
  • volunteer wheat
  • witchgrass
  • wormwood, biennial

Suppression

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  • dock, smooth
  • dogbane, hemp
  • milkweed, common
  • milkweed, honeyvine
  • muhly, wirestem
  • nutsedge, purple
  • nutsedge, yellow
  • poinsettia, wild
  • thistle, bull
  • timothy

Total 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.

Total FAQ

What weeds does Total control?

The Total label names 134 weeds, including alfalfa, palmer amaranth, spurred anoda, common barnyardgrass, catchweed bedstraw, and florida beggarweed. Control varies by crop, rate, and timing.

What crops is Total labeled for?

Total is labeled for 8 crops and uses, including field corn, soybeans, cotton, sugar beet, and canola.

What is the active ingredient in Total? Is it a generic?

Total's active ingredient is glufosinate (MOA Group 10). Other products list the same active ingredient; rates, formulations, and labeled crops differ — verify each on its own label.

Sources

Last updated 2026-09-30.