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4 November 2015

FOR many years, Crop Care has worked with Australian vegetable growers, their researchers, advisers and suppliers to provide effective pre-emergent herbicides that can be used safely on tender young transplanted and direct-seeded vegetable crops.

This spring, Crop Care has added a reliable pre-emergent herbicide Ramrod Flowable (propachlor) to its herbicide range.

Ramrod (Group K) is a very useful resistance-management option, controlling many annul grasses (up to 1-leaf stage) and certain broadleaf weeds. It is particularly effective against Setaria, Digitaria, Echinochloa, Poa and Lolium grass species, and offers residual control for six to eight weeks.

Ramrod is registered for sweetcorn; direct-seeded onions; transplanted broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cabbages,

Reliable broad-spectrum weed control in young vegetable crops

cauliflower, Chinese cabbage; and beetroot. Current permits cover spinach and silverbeet; shallots and spring onions; leeks and garlic in Tasmania, NSW and SA; all types of lettuce; rocket; and many varieties of leafy brassica vegetables.

Crop Care product development manager Andre Sabeeney said Australian vegetable growers had found a combination of Ramrod and Dacthal 900WG particularly successful in controlling a wide range of weeds in young, direct-seeded and transplanted vegetable crops.

“These products have been used in conjunction for some time, frequently tank-mixed by growers for broad-brush, pre-emergent control of more than 70 broadleaf and annual grass weeds, so Crop Care has added Ramrod to our herbicide range.”

Mr Sabeeney said that for more than 40 years, Dacthal (Group D) has reliably controlled a wide spectrum of broadleaf weeds and annual grasses in a broad range of vegetable crops.

“Australian research led to the

DACTHAL 700WG and Ramrod herbicides from Crop Care are safe to use on tender young transplanted and direct-seeded vegetable crops, including lettuce, soon after planting.

PRE-EMERGENT weed control is vital to the productivity of young vegetable crops. Many growers have found a tank-mix of Dacthal 900WG and Ramrod provides safe pre-emergent control of a wide range of broadleaf and grass weeds at germination and early weed-seedling development, with sufficient residual control to protect the crop but not interfere with the crop rotation. CSIRO image by Nick Pitsas.

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4 November 2015

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Andre Sabeeney

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development of Crop Care’s Dacthal 900WG concentrated wettable granule – providing growers with dust-free, easy handling and lower use rates, but with the same wide weed spectrum and high level of crop safety, able to be sprayed directly over transplants.”

He said that until recently, Australian lettuce growers had limited pre-emergent herbicides registered for transplanted crops.

“Dacthal 900WG was included in an HAL national research project over four seasons from 2010 in major Australian lettuce-production regions, where it showed a high level of safety on transplanted leafy and head varieties of lettuce, and no residue issues when used according to the label.

“Use on all types of lettuce was added to the Dacthal 900WG label in 2013.

“The current label covers pre-emergent control of more than 60 species of broadleaf weeds and annual grasses in cabbage, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cauliflower, Asian brassicas; beans, peas; turnips, radish, collard, kale, Brassica leafy vegetables; lettuce all varieties; onions, garlic, spring onions, shallots; potatoes, sweet potatoes, yams; carrots; and strawberries.

“As growers have found, Dacthal 900WG and Ramrod work well together, broadening the weed spectrum in one pre-emergent application, extending the residual period of control, with good crop safety in direct-seeded and transplanted crops.

“They have different modes of action (Group D and Group K) for managing herbicide resistance.

“Both have short residual life (up to 8 weeks), extending the period of weed control without interfering in normal crop rotations, and with no carryover problem to subsequent crops.

“They also have similar application advice – as a soil surface spray prior to weed or seed emergence; onto a fine, firm seedbed free of clods and trash; within a few days of last tillage and before weeds germinate. Both are activated by soil moisture, requiring rain or overhead irrigation soon after application.”