Pink bud to end of blossom Powdery mildew (cont.) myclobutanil 3 Butanil 400 WP Domiclo 400 WP Systhane 400 WP 21 penconazole Topas 100 EC Delos 14 penthiopyrad 7 Fontelis 28 pyrimethanil + fluquinconazole 3 + 9 Vision 250 SC N/A Do not spray 4 weeks after petal fall. Do not apply more than 3 sprays per season. sulfur M2 Various Apply at 2−3 weekly intervals from pink bud to petal fall. Do not apply to sulphur-sensitive varieties in hot weather. trifloxystrobin 11 Flint 500 WG 35 (70 for Export) Apply as a block of three treatments with 10 day intervals. Do not apply more than 3 sprays per season. triforine 3 Saprol 1 Do not apply to Golden Delicious or Cox’s Orange Pippin. Apply at 10–14 day intervals. Petal fall to early fruit development Apple scab (black spot) (continues next page) Curative sprays (post-infection) Go to DAFWA website: ‘Managing apple scab in WA’. If weather conditions favour secondary infections, sprays may be required up to harvest. difenoconazole 3 Bogard 100 WG 28 dodine M7 Syllit 400 SC 5 fenarimol 3 Rubigan SC 14 hexaconazole Hex 50 SC Hostile 50 SC Synan Viva 7
Petal fall to early fruit development Mealybugs chlorpyrifos 1B Various 14 Apply at petal fall and 10−14 days later. methidathion Suprathion 400 EC Mealybugs excrete honeydew which encourages sooty mould to grow on the fruit. Longtailed mealybug clothianidin 4A Samurai 21 Apply as crawlers emerge after petal fall − 2 sprays 14 days apart. sulfoxaflor 4C Transform 7 Longtailed mealybug and tuber mealybug spirotetramat 23 Movento 21 Do not apply prior to petal fall. Apply with surfactant – refer to label for details. Heliothis caterpillar (native budworm) Bacillus thuringiensis 11C Various Nil carbaryl 1A Bugmaster Flowable Carbaryl 500 SC 77 Do not apply to apples within 30 days AFTER full bloom if reduction in fruit set is not desired. chlorantraniliprole 28 Altacor 14 Helicoverpa NPV insecticide - virus Vivus Gold Vivus Max Gemstar LC N/A Thorough coverage is essential as product must be ingested. Most effective against young larvae. indoxacarb 22A Avatar 14 methomyl 1A Various 1 pyrethrins + piperonyl butoxide 3A Py-Bo spinetoram 5A Delegate 3 Spring beetle azinphos-methyl 1B Gusathion 200 SC Benthion 200 Flowable 14 Avatar may help control spring beetle.
Fruit development to harvest European red mite (cont.) paraffinic oil (A) insecticide spray adjuvant Biopest Bioclear Trump Spray Oil 1 petroleum oil (A) Biocover propargite (A) 12C Omite 300W Betamite 300 WG Unimite 300 W Omite 7 tebufenpyrad (O,A) 21A Pyranica 14 Bryobia mite azinphos-methyl 1B Benthion 200 Flowable Gusathion 200 SC 14 Go to DAFWA website ‘Miticides for WA deciduous fruit trees’. bifenazate UN Acramite 7 clofentezine 10A Apollo SC 21 fenbutatin oxide 12B Torque Vendex 2 paraffinic oil (A) insecticide spray adjuvant Biopest Bioclear Trump Spray Oil 1 petroleum oil (A) Biocover Lightbrown apple moth (and apple looper) (continues next page) azinphos-methyl 1B Benthion 200 Flowable Gusathion 200 SC 14 Bacillus thuringiensis 11C Various Nil carbaryl 1A Bugmaster Flowable Carbaryl 500 Flowable Carbaryl 500 SC 77 chlorantraniliprole 28 Altacor 14 chlorpyrifos 1B Various fenoxycarb 7B Insegar WG indoxacarb 22A Avatar
Fruit development to harvest Woolly aphid (cont.) clothianidin 4A Samurai 21 Read label before using. diazinon 1B Diazinon 800 Diazol 800 Diazinon 14 Add 1.2 L/100 L of summer oil. maldison Various 3 methidathion Suprathion 400EC 14 pirimicarb 1A Various 2 spirotetramat 23 Movento 21 Suppression only. Do not apply prior to petal fall. Apply with surfactant – refer to label for details. sulfoxaflor 4C Transform 7 Collar rot (Phytophthora) fosetyl 33 Aliette WG Crop Culture Nobility WG Fostal 80 WP 14 Can be applied as a foliar spray or as a soil drench. Mediterranean fruit fly (continues next page) Foliar baiting: . maldison 1B Fyfanon 1000 EC Hy-Mal Maldison 500 Maldison 500 EC 3 Go to DAFWA website for latest information spinosad 5 Naturalure Eco-Naturalure N/A trichlorfon 1B Dipterex 500 SL Lepidex 500 2 Protein to add to baits: yeast autolysate Fruit Fly Lure Natflav 500 N/A Add 2 L of protein for every 100 L water + insecticide. Add protein first, then insecticide + water. yeast hydrolysate Flavex
Fruit development to harvest Mediterranean fruit fly (cont.) Cover spray: clothianidin 4A Samurai 7 PER14252, expires 30 June 2015. Use with MAXX surfactant. spinetoram 5 Delegate PER12590, expires 31 May 2016. trichlorfon 1B Dipterex 500 SL Lepidex 500 2 thiacloprid 4A Calypso 21 PER14562, expires 30 November 2018. Bitter rot dithianon M9 Delan 700 WG Dragon 700 WG 21 mancozeb M3 Various 14 zineb Zineb ziram Ziram DG 7 Target spot and ripe spot mancozeb Various 14 thiram Thiram DG Thiragranz 7 Sooty blotch mancozeb Various 14 zineb Zineb Fly speck mancozeb Various Alternaria fruit and leaf spot boscalid + pyraclostrobin 7 + 11 Nufarm Pristine 14 BASF Pristine 28 dithianon M9 Dragon 700 WG 21 metiram M3 Polyram DF PER12864, expires 30 June 2016.
12.2 Pear and nashi spray options Reference: Infopest online. For extra ‘low risk’ options for use of pesticides, refer to Section 3.7, page 10. Shaded boxes for ‘Active ingredients’ indicates they are acceptable for organic agriculture. Spray timing Pest or disease Active ingredient Chemical class Common trade names WHP (days) Comments Dormant Snails copper sulphate unspecified Bluestone N/A Soil and butt spray only. copper molluscicide Escar-Go 1 Go to DAFWA website: ‘Snail and slug control’. iron-EDTA complex Multiguard Snail and Slug Killer Eradicate metaldehyde Various 7 Apply to ground only, place bait close to tree trunk. methiocarb 1A Mesurol Snail and Slug Bait silicate salts + copper unspecified Socusil Snail Repellant N/A Late dormancy to green tip San Jose scale (continues next page) paraffinic / petroleum oil insecticide, spray adjuvant Various 1 Rigorous agitation is required to maintain oil in suspension. Oil can be combined with a listed insecticide to improve control. Do not apply oil or insecticide if any part of the tree is more advanced than tight cluster because insecticide is toxic to bees and in combination with oil is phytotoxic to flowers. For dormant spray 23% winter oil may be added. chlorpyrifos 1B Various 14 diazinon Diazinon Diazinon 800 Diazol 800 methidathion Ridacide 400 EC Suprathion 400EC Add 3 L winter oil /100 L spray mix.
Green tip Pear scab (black spot, pears only) (cont.) ziram M3 Ziragranz Ziram DG Ziram Granuflo 7 White bud to end of blossom (petal fall) Longtailed mealybug buprofezin 16 Various 56 Apply twice 1014 days apart between swollen bud and end of flowering. Pear scab (black spot, pears only) (continues next page) boscalid + pyraclostrobin 7 + 11 Nufarm Pristine 14 BASF Pristine 28 captan M4 Various 7 Apply at 7 day intervals till petal fall, then 1014 day intervals. Risk of russet in some varieties. No more than 5 sprays/season. cyprodinil 9 Chorus N/A Do not use after petal fall. difenoconazole 3 Bogard 100 WG 28 After petal fall apply only with a protectant scab fungicide. dodine 7 Syllit 400 SC 5 Read label carefully. fenarimol 3 Rubigan SC 14 Do not apply more than 4 sprays alone per season. hexaconazole Hostile 50 SC Viva Hex 50 SC Synan kresoxim- methyl 11 Stroby WG Disco WG Kresta WG 42 Do not apply more than 3 sprays from Group 11 per season. mancozeb M3 Various 14 May be harmful to predatory mites. metiram Polyram DF myclobutanil 3 Domiclo 400 WP Systhane 400WP Butanil 400 WP 21 After petal fall, add a protectant fungicide. penconazole Topas 100 EC Delos 14 Refer to label for tank mixing with other fungicides.
Fruit development to harvest San Jose scale (crawlers) (cont.) diazinon 1B Diazinon 800 Diazinon Diazol 800 14 fenoxycarb 7B Insegar WG Suppresses scale when used in a full season schedule against lightbrown apple moth. methidathion 1B Suprathion 400EC spirotetramat 23 Movento 21 Do not apply prior to petal fall. Apply with surfactant – refer to label for details. Two-spotted mite (continues next page) Ovicides (O) kill mite eggs and newly hatched mites. Adulticides (A) kill active stages of mites. abamectin (A) 6 Various 14 Apply with summer oil. bifenazate (A) UN insecticide Acramite 7 Use water volume not less than 1000 L/ha. chlorfenapyr (A) 13 Secure 360 SC 14 Apply only once per season. clofentezine (O) 10A Apollo SC 21 etoxazole (A) 10B Paramite Go to DAFWA website: ‘Miticides for WA deciduous fruit trees’. fenbutatin oxide (A) 12B Torque Vendex 2 hexythiazox (O) 10A Calibre 100EC Hexythiazox 100 EC 3 maldison (A) 1B Fyfanon 440EW Malathion 500 EC Maldison 500 methidathion (A) 1B Suprathion 400 EC 14 milbemectin (OA) 6B Milbeknock 7 paraffinic oil (A) insecticide, spray adjuvant Bioclear Biopest Trump Spray Oil 1 petroleum oil (A) Biocover
Fruit development to harvest Two-spotted mite (cont.) propargite (A) 12C Omite 300 W N/A Postharvest only. May cause leaf spotting and defoliation in hot conditions. tebufenpyrad (OA) 21A Pyranica 14 Pearleaf blister mite carbaryl 1A Bugmaster Flowable Carbaryl 500 Flowable Carbaryl 500 SC 77 paraffinic oil (A) insecticide, spray adjuvant Biopest Bioclear Trump Spray Oil 1 petroleum oil (A) Biocover Bryobia mite Ovicides (O) kill mite eggs and newly hatched mites. Adulticides (A) kill active stages of mites. bifenazate (A) UN insecticide Acramite 7 Apply at not less than 1000 L/ha. clofentezine (O) 10A Apollo SC 21 Apply only once per season. fenbutatin oxide (A) 12B Torque 2 Go to DAFWA website: ‘Miticides for WA deciduous fruit trees’. maldison (A) 1B Fyfanon 440EW Malathion 500 E Maldison 500 3 paraffin oil (A) insecticide, spray adjuvant Biopest Bio clear Trump Spray Oil 1 petroleum oil (A) Biocover Apple weevil (curculio beetle) alpha-cypermethrin 3A Various 14 Trunk and butt spray only. Monitor weevil emergence — usually occurs late November. to early December. Continue monitoring after spraying. Summer oil can be added at 1−2% to help prolong activity.
Fruit development to harvest Fuller’s rose weevil and Apple weevil (curculio beetle) azinphos-methyl 1B Gusathion 200 SC Benthion 200 Flowable 14 Apply lower rate as a high volume spray to foliage. Use higher rate as a butt and soil spray only. For weevils apply no more than twice per season. Do not retreat within 10 days. Do not apply for more than 2 consecutive seasons. indoxacarb 22A Avatar Mediterranean fruit fly Foliar baiting: maldison 1B Hy-Mal Fyfanon 1000 EC Maldison 500 Maldison 500 EC 3 Go to DAFWA website for latest information. spinosad 5 Naturalure Eco-Naturalure N/A trichlorfon 1B Dipterex 500 SL Lepidex 500 2 Protein to add to baits: yeast autolysate Fruit Fly Lure Natflav 500 N/A Add 2 L of protein for every 100 L water + insecticide. Add protein first, then insecticide + water. yeast hydrolysate Flavex Cover spray: clothianidin 4A Samurai 7 PER14252, expires 30 June 2015. Use with MAXX surfactant. spinetoram 5 Delegate PER12590, expires 31 May 2016. trichlorfon 1B Dipterex 500 SL Lepidex 500 2 Only apply when stung fruit detected. thiacloprid 4A Calypso 21 PER14562, expires 30 November 2018. Fruit development to harvest Snails copper sulphate unspecified Bluestone + wetting agent N/A Soil and butt spray only. iron-EDTA complex molluscicide Multiguard Snail and Apply to ground only, place bait close
13. Postharvest treatments for apples and pears 13.1 Fungicides for storage rots The following fungicides are registered for postharvest dipping of apples and pears. Submerge fruit for approximately 30 seconds. Dipping should occur within 24 hours of harvest. Reference: Infopest online Disease controlled Active ingredient Fungicide group Trade names External rot causing organisms. sanitiser Nylate Controls bacteria and fungi in agricultural and industrial premises, postharvest fruit and vegetable washing and processing facilities. chlorine as chlorine dioxide sanitiser Vibrex Horticare chlorine as calcium hypochlorite sanitiser Activ 8 Hypochlor Frexus Disinfestation Frexus Duration Blue mould (Penicillium expansum and P. solitum). Grey mould (Botrytis cinerea). fludioxonil 12 Scholar Blue mould (Penicillium expansum). imazalil 3 Fungazil 500 EC Fungaflor 500 EC Imazacure 500 EC Blue mould (Penicillium expansum). imazalil as a sulphate 3 Various Assists in the control of bacteria and fungi on a range of fruit and vegetables. iodine sanitiser Iodine Granules Blue mould (Penicillium spp.). Grey mould (Botrytis cinerea). Ripe fruit rot (Gleosporium album). iprodione 2 Various Control of bacterial growth in the process water for postharvest processing of fruit and vegetables. peroxyacetic acid + hydrogen peroxide sanitiser Adoxysan Tsunami on Farm Blue mould (Penicillium expansum). Grey mould (Botrytis cinerea). Fruit rot (Gleosporium album). thiabendazole 1 Storite Tecto Flowable SC
16.2 Summer fruit spray options Reference: Infopest Online For extra ‘low risk’ options for use of pesticides, refer to Section 3.7, page 10. Shaded boxes for ‘Active ingredients’ indicates they are acceptable for organic agriculture. Spray timing Pest or disease Active ingredient Chemical class Common trade names Crop WHP (days) Comments Dormant Bacterial canker or bacterial gumosis copper sulphate + hydrated lime or lime putty M2 Bordeaux mixture Summer fruit 1 See NSW DPI Integrated Pest and Disease Management for Australian Summerfruit. Page 14: Bacterial Canker. cupric hydroxide + mancozeb M1 + M3 ManKocide DF 14 copper ammonium acetate M1 Liquicop Cop-IT Copper – Count-N Apricots, cherries 1 cuprous oxide Agg Copp 750 Nordox 500 Nordox 750 WG Red Copper WG Apricots, cherries cupric hydroxide Various copper oxychloride Various Summer fruit tri-basic copper sulphate Tri-Base Blue Cuprofix Disperss Bordeaux WG Tribasic Liquid Apricots, cherries San Jose scale (continues next page) chlorpyrifos 1B Various Summer fruit 14 It is recommended to combine a dormant oil with any of these insecticides. diazinon Diazinon Diazinon 800 Diazol 800 methidathion Suprathion 400 EC
Dormant San Jose scale (cont.) paraffinic / petroleum oil insecticide, spray adjuvant Various Summerfruit 1 Frosted scale lime sulphur M2 Lime Sulphur Summer fruit (except cherries) 1 Dormancy release fatty acid esters PGR Waiken Cherries N/A To advance bud break apply 35–50 days before normal bud break. To retard bud break apply 0–20 days before normal bud break. Late dormancy to budswell Bacterial canker or bacterial gummosis copper sulphate + hydrated lime or lime putty M1 Bordeaux mixture Summer fruit 1 See NSW DPI Integrated Pest and Disease Management for Australian Summerfruit. Page 14: Bacterial Canker. cupric hydroxide + mancozeb M1 + M3 ManKocide DF 14 copper ammonium acetate M1 Liquicop Cop-IT Copper - Count-N Apricots, cherries 1 cuprous oxide Ag Copp 750 Nordox 500 Nordox 750 WG Red Copper WG Apricots, cherries cupric hydroxide Various copper oxychloride Various Summer fruit tri-basic copper sulphate Tri-Base Blue Cuprofix Disperss Bordeaux WG Tribasic Liquid Apricots, cherries
Late dormancy to budswell Bacterial spot copper oxychloride M1 Various Summer fruit 1 San Jose scale azinphos-methyl 1B Gusathion 200 SC Benthion 200 Flowable Peaches, nectarines, apricots 14 It is recommended to combine a dormant oil with any one of these insecticides. chlorpyrifos Various Summer fruit diazinon Diazinon Diazinon 800 Diazol 800 methidathion Suprathion 400 EC Ridacide 400 EC paraffinic / petroleum oil insecticide, spray adjuvant Various 1 Frosted scale lime sulphur M2 Lime Sulphur Summer fruit (except cherries) 1 Snails copper sulphate unspecified Bluestone Summer fruit N/A Soil and butt spray. Go to DAFWA website: ‘Snail and slug control’. copper molluscicide Escar – Go 1 iron EDTA complex Multiguard Snail and Slug Killer Eradicate N/A metaldehyde Various 7 methiocarb 1A Mesurol Snail and Slug Bait Bryobia mite (continues next page) paraffinic / petroleum oil insecticide, spray adjuvant Various Summer fruit 1 Go to DAFWA website: ‘Miticides for WA deciduous fruit trees’.
Budburst/ pink bud to fruit development Brown rot (cont.) propiconazole 3 Various Summer fruit 1 sulfur M2 Various Summer fruit (except apricots) 1 thiram M3 Thiragranz Thiram DG Thiram WP Summer fruit 7 triforine 3 Saprol 1 ziram M3 Ziram DG Ziragranz Cherries, nectarines peaches 7 Ziram Granuflo Summer fruit (except apricots) Leaf curl chlorothalonil M5 Various Peaches 7 See ‘Additional Restraints for stonefruits’ on label. dodine M7 Syllit 400SC Peaches, nectarines 5 Do not apply after petal fall. ziram M3 Ziram DG Peaches, cherries, nectarines 7 Ziram Granuflo Summer fruit (except apricots) Shothole (continues next page) chlorothalonil M5 Various Summer fruit 7 See ‘Additional Restraints for stonefruits’ on label. Plums 1
Fruit development to harvest Rust (cont.) sulfur M2 Thiovit Jet Peaches, nectarines, plums N/A zineb M3 Zineb Peaches, nectarines, plums 14 Freckle (scab) chlorothalonil M5 Various Apricots 7 See ‘Additional Restraints for stonefruits’, on label. dithianon M9 Delan 700 WG Dithianon 700 WG Dragon 700 WG Apricots, nectarines, peaches 21 mancozeb M3 Various Summer fruit 14 May be phytotoxic to some plum varieties. Test new plums varieties on a small scale before applying to entire crop. penthiopyrad 7 Fontelis Summer fruit Nil thiram M3 Thiragranz Thiram DG Thiram WP Apricots, cherries, peaches 7 ziram Ziram DG Ziram Granuflo Summer fruit (except apricots) Wingless grasshopper (continues next page) carbaryl 1A Bugmaster Flowable Carbaryl 500 SC Summer fruit (except cherries) 35 Go to DAFWA website: ‘Wingless grasshoppers and their control’. Cricket and Grasshopper Killer Bait Summer fruit 7
Fruit development to harvest Wingless grasshopper (cont.) indoxacarb 22A Avatar Summer fruit (except cherries) 7 Metarhizium anisopliae biological insecticide Green Guard SC Summer fruit N/A For best results, apply when grasshoppers are at early nymph stage. Refer to label for details of application. Rutherglen bug trichlorfon 1B Dipterex 500 SL Lepidex 500 Summerfruit 2 It is recommended to spray nearby weeds. Bryobia mite azinphos-methyl 1B Benthion 200 Flowable Gusathion 200 SC Summer fruit 14 Go to DAFWA website: ‘Miticides for WA deciduous fruit trees’. bifenazate UN Acramite Summer fruit (except cherries) 3 fenbutatin oxide 12B Torque Vendex Peaches, nectarines 14 San Jose Scale (crawlers) chlorpyrifos 1B Various Summer fruit 14 diazinon Diazinon 800 Diazinon Diazol 800 paraffinic oil insecticide, spray adjuvant Biopest Bioclear Trump Spray Oil Summer fruit 1 spirotetramat 23 Movento Summer fruit 21 To ensure there is sufficient foliage for product uptake do not apply prior to shuck fall. Apply with surfactant – refer to label for details.
Fruit development to harvest Lightbrown apple moth (cont.) indoxacarb 22A Avatar Summer fruit (except cherries) 7 Best results achieved when Avatar treatments are applied consecutively. pyrethrins + piperonyl butoxide 3A Py-Bo Summer fruit 1 spinetoram 5 Delegate Summer fruit 3 Target sprays against mature eggs and newly-hatched larvae. Heliothis (native budworm) Bacillus thuringiensis 11C Various Summer fruit Nil Read ‘Critical Comments’ on label. carbaryl 1A Bugmaster Flowable Carbaryl 500 SC Summer fruit (except cherries) 35 indoxacarb 22A Avatar Summer fruit (except cherries) 7 methomyl 1A Various Peaches, nectarines 1 pyrethrins + piperonyl butoxide 3A Py-Bo Summer fruit Looper caterpillars Bacillus thuringiensis 11C Various Summer fruit Nil Read ‘Critical Comments’ on label. pyrethrins + piperonyl butoxide 3A Py-Bo Summer fruit 1 Cherry slug (continues next page) azinphos-methyl 1B Gusathion 200 SC Benthion 200 Flowable Summer fruit (except plums) 14
Fruit development to harvest Cherry slug (cont.) carbaryl 1A Bugmaster Flowable Carbaryl 500 Flowable Carbaryl 500 SC Summer fruit (except cherries) 35 spinetoram 5 Delegate Summer fruit 3 Two-spotted mite (continues next page) Ovicides (O) kill mite eggs and newly hatched mites. Adulticides (A) kill active stages of mites bifenazate (A) UN Acramite Summer fruit (except cherries) 3 Go to DAFWA website: ‘Miticides in WA deciduous fruit trees’. chlorfenapyr (A) 13 Secure 360 SC Peaches 7 clofentazine (O) 10A Apollo SC Summer fruit 21 etoxazole (O) 10B Paramite Summer fruit (except cherries) fatty acids – K salts (A) unspecified BugGuard Hitman Natrasoap Summer fruit N/A fenbutatin oxide (A) 12B Torque Peaches Nectarines 14 hexythiozox (O) 10A Calibre 100 EC Hexythiazox 100 EC Summer fruit 3 milbemectin (O,A) 6B Milbeknock Summer fruit 14 oxythioquinox (A) 14 Morestan Peaches N/A Can only be applied postharvest. petroleum oil (O,A) insecticide, spray adjuvant Biocover Summer fruit 1 Check label for rates and conditions. paraffin oil (O,A) Biopest Trump Spray Oil Bioclear Summer fruit (except Apricots & cherries
Fruit development to harvest Two-spotted mite (cont.) propargite (A) 12C Omite 300 W Betamite 300 WG Omite Unimite 300 W Summer fruit 7 Brown rot (continues next page) captan M4 Various Summer fruit (except apricots) 7 See NSW DPI Integrated Pest and Disease Management for Australian Summer Fruit pg 27 Blossom blight and brown rot. chlorothalonil M5 Various Summer fruit 7 See ‘Additional Restraints for stonefruits’ on label. iprodione 2 Various Nil mancozeb M3 Various 14 May be phytotoxic to some plum varieties. Advisable to test any new plum varieties on a small scale before applying to entire crop penthiopyrad 7 Fontelis Nil propiconazole 3 Various 1 sulfur M2 Various Summer fruit (except apricots) N/A thiram M3 Thiram DG Thiram WP Thiragranz Summer fruit 7 triforine 3 Saprol Summer fruit 1 ziram M3 Ziram DG Ziragranz Cherries, nectarines, peaches 7
Postharvest to leaf fall Leaf curl (cont.) cupric hydroxide + mancozeb M1 + M3 ManKocide DF Summer fruit N/A copper oxychloride M1 Various Summer fruit tri-basic copper sulphate Tri-Base Blue Cuprofix Disperss Bordeaux WG Tribasic Liquid Peaches, nectarines Shothole copper ammonium acetate M1 Liquicop Cop-IT Copper - Count-N Summer fruit N/A cupric hydroxide Various cuprous oxide Nordox 750 WG Red Copper WG Summer fruit Nordox 500 Agg Copp 750 Summer fruit (except nectarines) copper oxychloride Various Summer fruit cupric hydroxide + mancozeb M1 + M3 ManKocide DF tri-basic copper sulphate M1 Tri-Base Blue Cuprofix Disperss Bordeaux WG Tribasic Liquid Freckle (continues next page) copper ammonium acetate M1 Liquicop Cop-IT Copper - Count-N Apricots N/A
Postharvest to leaf fall Freckle (cont.) cuprous oxide Agg Copp 750 Nordox 500 Nordox 750 WG Red Copper WG Apricots N/A cupric hydroxide M1 Various Apricots N/A copper oxychloride Various tri-basic copper sulphate Tri-Base Blue Cuprofix Disperss Bordeaux WG Tribasic Liquid Snails copper sulphate unspecified Bluestone Summer fruit N/A iron EDTA complex molluscicide Multiguard Snail and Slug Killer Eradicate metaldehyde Various methiocarb 1A Mesurol Snail and Slug Bait silicate salts + copper Unspecified Socusil Snail Repellent
18. Herbicide guide for deciduous orchards in WA Definitions Knockdown herbicides control established weeds only. They may be contact, only burn off those parts of the plant contacted or systemic, absorbed and translocated throughout the plant for a total kill. Pre-emergent or residual herbicides control germinating weed seeds before they emerge, but some can be effective up to the two-leaf stage. Control relies on a barrier of chemical in the surface of the soil. Key: Knockdown herbicide = Residual herbicide = Reference: Infopest Online Weeds controlled Active ingredient Chemical class Common trade names Crop Comments annual and perennial grasses 2,2 DPA J Altapon 2,2 –DPA Dalapon 740 SP Pome fruit, summer fruit Knockdown, systemic herbicide. DO NOT apply to trees under 4 years old. Best results with half rate at 4−6 week interval. broad-leaf weeds, grasses and couch amitrole + ammonium thiocyanate Q Various Pome fruit, summer fruit Knockdown, systemic herbicide, absorbed mainly through leaves. Do not apply less than 56 days before harvest. annual broad-leaf and grasses amitrole + paraquat dichloride LQ Alliance Pome fruit, summer fruit Can be combined with residual herbicides for longer term control. dock asulam K Various Apples Narrow-spectrum knockdown herbicide. various broad-leaf weed species carfentrazone-ethyl G Various Summer fruit Can be used for desuckering or combined with a knockdown herbicide. Refer to label. grass weeds only clethodim A Various Non-bearing fruit trees
annual grasses and broad-leaf weeds pendimethalin D Various Pome fruit, summer fruit Residual herbicide. Apply to soil free of weeds and trash. Requires rain/irrigation (5 mm) within 10 days to activate it. seedling weeds and grasses pine oil Organic Bioweed Pome fruit, summer fruit Suitable for organic production. For more info Broad-leaf weeds saflufenacil G Sharpen WG Pome fruit Do not use on trees less than 3 years old unless shielded from spray drift. annual broad-leaf weeds simazine C Various Pome fruit Residual herbicide. Apply to a bare moist soil. Do not use if trees less than 2 years old. annual grasses and broad leaf weeds (good on ryegrass and wire-weed). trifluralin D Various Pome fruit, summer fruit Residual herbicide. Do not use after budswell. Must be incorporated within 4 hours, so is best suited as a pre-plant treatment. 19. Example of a spray diary Date Block Variety Growth stage Target pest Registered product Product rate Water rate L/ha Comments (e.g. temperature, rainfall, wind direction, wind speed, tractor speed, operator effectiveness) /ha /100 L