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Unique fungicide for downy mildew in grapes

Aug. 31, 2022 | 4 min read
Widespread testing for downy mildew resistance to fungicides in grapevines has revealed varying levels of sensitivity in different regions, dialling up the pressure on existing disease management programs and highlighting the need for new fungicides.
Fungicides - Herbicide & fungicide resistance

New fungicides help manage resistance

Aug. 28, 2022 | 4 min read
New crop fungicide releases are becoming key additions to growers’ disease management programs – helping to improve disease control, expand their spray options and assist fungicide resistance management, as well as extend crop greening benefits.
Fungicides

Fungicide brings new hope to vegie growers

Aug. 7, 2022 | 5 min read
Growers of fruiting vegetables, cucurbits, root vegetables, celery and peanuts will welcome a new fungicide for controlling powdery mildew and leaf spot diseases this year.
Herbicide & fungicide resistance

Latest pesticide resistance management advice supports climate-smart pest management

July 1, 2022 | 2 min read
CropLife Australia’s Resistance Management Strategies for fungicides, herbicides and insecticides assist farmers, agronomists and environmental land managers to ensure important crop protection products remain viable and effective tools into the future. The official 2022-23 strategies have been updated and formally released today and are now available online.
Knockdown & pre-emergent herbicides - Winter cropping

New chemistry vital option in Central West

March 19, 2022 | 3 min read
The release of the new pre-emergent, Overwatch Herbicide in 2021 has been welcomed by Nutrien Forbes agronomist Jim Cronin as a vital rotational option in key winter crops.
Fungicides

New products to mark OCP’s 30 years in ag

July 9, 2021 | 2 min read
Organic Crop Protectants (OCP) is this year celebrating 30 years of servicing the needs of both certified organic and conventional wine grape producers.
Adjuvants & spray oils - Fencing, livestock handling & ID - Knockdown & pre-emergent herbicides

Mix up your approach to fenceline weeds

March 9, 2021 | 2 min read
The recent discovery of multi-resistant capeweed along fencelines in Western Australia has put a fine point on the need for integrated weed management tactics to be applied to non-production areas on farms.
Herbicide & fungicide resistance - Post-emergent herbicides - Winter cropping

Research highlights summer adaptation of annual ryegrass

Jan. 18, 2021 | 3 min read
Research is investigating whether ryegrass is adapting to Australia’s climatic conditions and becoming more productive in the warmer months.
Knockdown & pre-emergent herbicides

Strategies to manage feathertop Rhodes grass

Jan. 6, 2021 | 4 min read
When it comes to managing feathertop Rhodes grass (FTR), the successful strategies being used by Queensland and northern New South Wales grain growers and farm advisers focus on stopping weed seed set.
Knockdown & pre-emergent herbicides

New organic herbicide great for tree crops

Nov. 26, 2020 | 2 min read
Grochem Australia has launched a new non-selective, organic herbicide in what it describes as a major breakthrough for the horticulture sector.
Post-emergent herbicides

All farmers encouraged to map crops to prevent spray drift damage this season

Nov. 25, 2020 | 2 min read
All cropping farmers are being encouraged to play their part in preventing off-target spray drift damage by mapping their fields this season.
Herbicide & fungicide resistance

Stacking the odds against awnless barnyard grass this summer

Oct. 9, 2020 | 4 min read
Sometimes herbicide resistance comes with a fitness penalty that growers can use as an Achilles’ Heel to drive down weed seed production. Unfortunately, glyphosate resistance seems to confer no such disadvantage on awnless barnyard grass. In a recent random survey of summer-growing weeds in the northern grains region, 36 per cent of awnless barnyard grass (Echinochloa colona) populations proved resistant to glyphosate.
Fungicides

Updated risk management advice for Septoria

Sept. 29, 2020 | 2 min read
Growers in the high rainfall zones of southern Australia have a new resource to help guide their management when it comes to the serious wheat disease Septoria tritici blotch (STB).
Knockdown & pre-emergent herbicides - Post-emergent herbicides

Understanding weed competitive traits in barley

Aug. 11, 2020 | 4 min read
Not all barley genotypes are equal when it comes to weed suppression and tolerance.
Knockdown & pre-emergent herbicides

Winter ideal time for feathertop Rhodes grass control plan

July 30, 2020 | 3 min read
Feathertop Rhodes grass (FTR) was once considered a summer weed, but new research has confirmed field observations that FTR can effectively germinate in winter, making it an increasing challenge for grain growers across northern New South Wales and Queensland.

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