There is no denying that the agricultural industry, especially turf, is facing a huge amount of herbicide resistant pressure causing weed control to be an added cost to growers both in time and dollars. Sandra Godwin talks to Dr Peter Boutsalis – a leading herbicide...
Turf growers can expect to start seeing herbicide labels with the new mode of action classification system from early 2022. That’s because the letter-based herbicide mode of action (MoA) classification system is being updated to a numerical system that captures new...
It’s true, testing for weed resistance to herbicides can make turf growers thousands of dollars through improved herbicide and rotation choice. And it is also a well-known fact that herbicide resistance is a vital component of managing resistance on turf properties....
The destructive pests – Fall Armyworms – have again started to wreak havoc on lawns along the east coast of Australia. Earlier this year the Fall Armyworms hit Australian shores for the first time with initial siting’s in northern Queensland (QLD) and then down...
The number one problem for turf production is weed control. Put simply, turf cannot be sold for maximum return if it is infested with weeds. Customers – whether they be homeowners, landscapers or professional turf managers – will not accept weeds being transported...
Great turf doesn’t happen by chance. To achieve high standards it’s important to spend time planning and getting the foundations of your management program right. Syngenta’s Technical Manager, Michael De Luca explains that this means dealing with two key aspects of...
