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Halbury, South Australia

The Halbury site was established in the early 1990s’, the first of its kind in South Australia, and has run successfully ever since to develop new crop protection products for use primarily in the southern broadacre markets. Research at Halbury over the last 22 years has contributed to the development of Broadstrike®, Conclude®, Crusader®, Verdict® 520, Gallery®, X-Pand®, Goal®, Indar®, Lontrel® Advanced, Torpedo®, Transform® Isoclast® active, our suite of Arylex® active products and Uptake® Spraying Oil.

The climate and soils of the Halbury Research Farm are broadly representative of much of South Australia, allowing cost-effective work  on weeds, pests and diseases in a range of cereals, canola and grain legumes.

 

 

Summary of Halbury 2019

Trial Data 2019

This trial sets out to demonstrate what the components of each active ingredient bring to the overall weed control of the formulated products. It shows the importance of using multiple modes of action to combat difficult weeds and to broaden the weed control spectrum of individual products. Objectives are to apply the individual components (active ingredients) of Paradigm and Pixxaro and their common mix partner herbicide MCPA LVE on a range of commonly found broadleaf weeds. The stand alone actives would not otherwise be seen by agronomists so it is an opportunity to highlight each active ingredients key target weeds. By then reconstructing or putting the actives back together allows agronomists to appreciate how the individual actives compliment each other to provide a wide spectrum of control. The addition of MCPA showcases speed of kill and the benefits of applying multiple modes of action on single group resistant weed species.

 

This Paradigm® and Pixxaro® Arylex® active mix partners demonstration is to show alternate tank mix options other than MCPA LVE.

Please have a look and compare the plot photos in the below table.

Further Resources

For farmers growing winter cereal crops who are facing multiple resistant and/or multiple germinations of wild radish and other brassica weeds, Gallery® 750 Dry Flowable Herbicide used prior to crop/weed emergence or very early post emergence will provide extended residual control of these troublesome weeds. Gallery has very little post-emergent activity. If there has been a flush of weeds germinate prior to application then an effective mixing partner will be required to control this first germination. Gallery’s unique MoA (Group O) makes it ideal for resistance management and it’s easy to use formulation allows for wide compatibility with many commonly used products and has a high degree of crop safety. It is very strong on resistant wild radish.

Key features

• Underutilized Mode of Action - group O - for radish control

• Needs moisture to remain active – Gallery will be more reliable in soils that can stay moist

• Target market are paddocks with multiple germinations and/or multiple resistant wild radish.

• Restrictive plantbacks to canola but cereals and legumes are ok.

 

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