APPLE AND PEAR PRODUCT GUIDE - Crop Care Australasia
APPLE AND PEAR PRODUCT GUIDE - Crop Care Australasia
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Apple and Pear<br />
Product Guide
the crop care apple and pear guide<br />
<strong>Crop</strong> <strong>Care</strong> has an extensive range of products for Australian apple and pear growers.<br />
The following products are part of the range of solutions <strong>Crop</strong> <strong>Care</strong> can offer to help you win the<br />
battle against both apple and pear diseases, pests and weeds.<br />
Provides strong inhibition of spore germination<br />
Extremely active on black spot. Controls bitter rot.<br />
No known resistance.<br />
Low hazard to beneficials<br />
Extremely soft on a wide range of local and introduced<br />
beneficial species.<br />
Excellent fruit finish<br />
Does not cause russeting and minimizes the risk of skin<br />
damage when used as directed.<br />
Rainfast formulation<br />
Formulated with fine particles for even spray distribution,<br />
improved adhesion and excellent rainfastness. Dew or<br />
rain will provide partial redistribution of the spray droplets,<br />
which provide protection to new growth up to 48 hours after<br />
application. Rainfast once dry. Protects for longer than<br />
most in wet weather. Two times more rainfast than most<br />
commonly used protectant fungicides.<br />
Cost effective in apples<br />
Low use rates. This product can also be used as a<br />
protectant addition to the DMI (Group C) fungicides in spray<br />
programs.<br />
Flexible application<br />
Treated apples can be exported to a range of countries<br />
including the UK and Taiwan.<br />
Withholding period<br />
21 days (harvest).<br />
Delivers premium black spot<br />
protection for a spotless finish.<br />
APVMA PERMIT 97888<br />
For control of Alternaria spp. In certain apple varieties.<br />
Withholding period 7 days (valid to 30 June 2009).<br />
Superior control of black spot<br />
and scab in apples and pears,<br />
and powdery mildew in apples.<br />
SC formulation<br />
Compatibility advantages. Viva has been safely used on<br />
Fuji’s, when caution is shown with some other DMI’s.<br />
Do not use on MacIntosh apple or related varieties.<br />
Activity<br />
Powdery Mildew and Black Spot.<br />
fungicides<br />
Strong on powdery mildew<br />
Controls primary and secondary infections.<br />
Superior to most other DMI’s.<br />
Black spot<br />
4 day curative reach back, 10 day forward protection.<br />
Longest period for any DMI.<br />
Rainfast<br />
30 minutes.<br />
IPM compatible<br />
Suitable for use in IPM programs.<br />
Withholding period<br />
7 days for apples, 14 days for pears.<br />
Champion disease control<br />
in apples and pears.<br />
Activity<br />
Mode of action is different from DMI fungicides.<br />
Controls black spot by the prevention of spore germination<br />
and sporulation.<br />
Controls powdery mildew through the prevention of spore<br />
germination and penetration into the leaf surface.<br />
Protection<br />
Protects leaves and fruit.<br />
Application<br />
For optimum results apply as a preventative program<br />
of three sprays in a period from pink bud to early fruit<br />
development. Not affected by temperature fluctuations,<br />
can be used in hot and cold conditions.<br />
Maximum 3 sprays per season.<br />
Continued over...
fungicides<br />
Low hazard to beneficials<br />
Recommended in IPM programs. Safe to beneficial insects<br />
including bees. Non-toxic to earthworms.<br />
Highly rainfast<br />
Unsurpassed rainfastness. Rainfast once dry on plant<br />
as it adsorbs into the waxy cuticle where it is relatively<br />
impervious to rainfall.<br />
Excellent fruit finish<br />
Does not cause russeting and minimizes the risk of skin<br />
damage when used as directed.<br />
Withholding period<br />
6 weeks.<br />
% Incidence<br />
45<br />
40<br />
35<br />
30<br />
25<br />
20<br />
15<br />
10<br />
5<br />
0<br />
90<br />
80<br />
2006/07 Apple Trial W.A<br />
% Russeting Incidence<br />
Flint 500 WG 10g/100L Stroby WG 10g/100L Untreated control<br />
2006/07 Apple Trial W.A<br />
% Powdery Mildew<br />
Apple and pear Black Spot<br />
fungicide, especially for IPM.<br />
Excellent IPM profile<br />
Oversees and Australian trials have demonstrated Captan’s<br />
safety to key predators in orchards including Typhlodromus<br />
pyri. Safer than many other broad spectrum fungicides.<br />
Multi site mode of action<br />
Low resistance risk.<br />
Rainfastness<br />
Re-entry period when spray droplets are dry.<br />
Fruit quality<br />
Excellent fruit finish and ideal for summer cover sprays.<br />
Excellent granular formulation<br />
Good compatibility. Economical.<br />
Withholding period<br />
Do not harvest for 7 days after application.<br />
Maximum 5 applications per season.<br />
Captan 900WG<br />
Captan 900WG is not currently registered in Australia.<br />
An application for registration of Captan 900WG has been<br />
submitted to the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary<br />
Medicines Authority.<br />
70<br />
60<br />
% Incidence<br />
50<br />
40<br />
30<br />
20<br />
10<br />
0<br />
Flint 500 WG Stroby WG Untreated control<br />
An effective apple and pear<br />
black spot protectant fungicide,<br />
suitable for IPM programs.<br />
Variety: King Cross (Powdery incidence and Russeting incidence).<br />
Broad spectrum activity<br />
Black spot, anthracnose rots, target spot and ripe spot.<br />
Fruit thinning<br />
Mild fruit thinning effect on granny smith variety.<br />
Excellent fruit finish<br />
Safe on all apple and pear varieties.<br />
No risk of increased russet.<br />
IPM friendly<br />
Excellent granular formulation<br />
Good compatibility.<br />
Withholding period<br />
Edible crops: Do not apply later than 7 days before harvest.<br />
Other Fungicide Products<br />
Shirlan: Label use in apples for control of White Root<br />
Rot (Rosellinia necatrix).<br />
Ziragranz: Label use in apples and pears for control<br />
of Black Spot (Venturia inaequalis).
post-harvest products<br />
insecticides<br />
For post-harvest dipping and<br />
prevention of storage rots.<br />
Application<br />
To minimise the development of post-harvest rots, handle<br />
fruit carefully to avoid fruit injury and dip promptly after<br />
harvest. Remove any infected fruit from the packing house<br />
immediately and destroy.<br />
When dipping, allow sufficient time to thoroughly wet the<br />
fruit. Top up dip with 100 mL Corvette Flowable in 100 L of<br />
water. This use is subject to an <strong>Crop</strong>Life Australia fungicide<br />
resistance management strategy:<br />
Resistance management<br />
1) For the last pre-harvest spray, use a fungicide with a<br />
different mode of action to the fungicide planned for use<br />
as a post-harvest treatment.<br />
2) Where alternative fungicide groups are available, rotate<br />
to use as many different modes of action as possible.<br />
Robust Insect and mite control<br />
Activity<br />
Controls apple dimpling bug and thrips during the<br />
blossoming periods in apples. Controls two spotted mite,<br />
light brown apple moth, longtailed mealy bug, pear looper<br />
and codling moth in pears.<br />
Powerful two-way action<br />
Is a powerful contact and stomach poison with residual<br />
properties that enable one application (20mL/100L) to<br />
last the duration of blossoming period in apples.<br />
Excellent rainfastness<br />
Extremely insoluble in water and binds strongly to<br />
organic matter.<br />
Excellent crop safety<br />
Use as directed.<br />
For performance, flexibility<br />
and crop safety.<br />
Controls Powdery Mildew<br />
and Black Spot.<br />
Systemic activity<br />
Is able to penetrate plant tissue and move within the plant<br />
to give curative activity.<br />
Dipping<br />
Blue mould in apples and pears.<br />
Excellent formulation & Resistance management<br />
Group A fungicide, useful to rotate with other fungicide<br />
groups to manage resistance.<br />
Withholding period<br />
Do not harvest for 7 days after application.<br />
Application<br />
For trees up to 7 years of age. During late summer or<br />
autumn, apple trees with woolly aphid colonies or damage<br />
should be identified and marked for treatment the following<br />
season. At green tip to petal fall, apply 1 litre of the<br />
prepared Senator 200 SC mixture to moist soil immediately<br />
around the base of the tree trunk.<br />
Withholding period<br />
Not required when used as directed.<br />
Controls Woolly Aphid<br />
in apples as a soil<br />
drench application.<br />
Other insecticide Products<br />
Endosan: Label use in apples and pears for control<br />
of green and black peach aphids, thrips, Rutherglen<br />
bug, Heliothis (Helicoverpa spp.), cherry aphid,<br />
dimple bugs, redshouldered leaf beetle and woolly<br />
aphids (apples only).<br />
Lannate: Label use in apples for control of light<br />
brown apple moth (Epiphyas postvittana), codling<br />
moth (Cydia pomonetta), budworm (Helicoverpa<br />
spp.), thrips (Thysanoptera) and apple dimpling bug<br />
(Campylomma livida).<br />
Hymal: Label use in apples and pears for control of apple<br />
leaf hopper (Typhlocyba froggatti), codling moth (Cydia<br />
pomonella),thrips and woolly aphid (Eriosoma lanigerum).<br />
Saboteur: Label use in apples and pears for control of<br />
Queensland fruit fly, Mediterranean fruit fly, woolly aphids,<br />
wingless grasshoppers, thrips and aphids.<br />
Dominex Duo: Label use in apples and pears for control<br />
of apple weevil (Otiorhynchus cribricollis) and garden weevil<br />
(Phlyctinus callosus).
miticides<br />
A<br />
Superior WG formulation<br />
Excellent dust free formulation.<br />
Make a lasting impression<br />
on mites.<br />
Specific miticide<br />
Effective on Two Spotted Mite and European Red Mite in<br />
apples. Highly active on mobile mites.<br />
Use BetAmite early<br />
Early treatment of low level populations is recommended as<br />
the most effective means of control. Betamite is relatively<br />
slow acting but mite activity decreases and feeding ceases<br />
after contact.<br />
Contact and 2 week residual control offering powerful<br />
control that lasts.<br />
Vapor action<br />
Works best in warm to hot weather working as a fumigant to<br />
kill mites.<br />
No recorded resistance<br />
Withholding period<br />
Do not harvest for 7 days after application.<br />
Controls Two Spotted Mite in<br />
apples and pears.<br />
Application<br />
Apply the higher rate when mites are at potentially<br />
damaging levels or when mite numbers are reaching the<br />
threshold for the area.<br />
Resistance management<br />
Do not apply a second spray of Secure to the same block in<br />
the same season.<br />
Safe for IPM when used as directed<br />
Studies have shown that the mite predators Typhlodromus<br />
occidentalis and Typhlodromus pyri are either not affected<br />
at the recommended rates of application of Secure, or will<br />
quickly recover numbers after treatment.<br />
Do not use Secure when releases of Phytoseiulus persimilis<br />
have been made.<br />
Withholding period<br />
Do not harvest for 14 days after application.<br />
Controls Two Spotted Mite<br />
and European Red Mite in<br />
apples and pears<br />
Controls Two Spotted Mite,<br />
European Red Mite and Bryobia<br />
Mite in apples and pears.<br />
Application<br />
Apply at an application rate of 20mL/100L where biological<br />
control is being practiced. Apply as required to assist<br />
control by the biological agent(s), determined by frequent<br />
field checks conducted by appropriately trained personnel.<br />
Apply at a rate of at 40mL/100L where biological control is<br />
not being practiced. Apply at the first sign of mite activity,<br />
well before a dense infestation develops. Repeat as<br />
required, subject to resistance management.<br />
Safe for IPM<br />
If used as directed.<br />
Withholding period<br />
Do not harvest for 2 days after application.<br />
Application<br />
Irrespective of whether biological control is being practiced,<br />
apply when mites are evident but well before economic<br />
damage levels. Best used in a tank mix with a registered<br />
adulticide such as Torque Miticide.<br />
Safe to IPM<br />
If used as directed on the label.<br />
Withholding period<br />
Do not harvest for 3 days after application.<br />
Other miticide Products<br />
Kelthane: Label use in apples and pears for control of<br />
Bryobia mite, Two Spotted Mite and European Red Mite.
growth regulators<br />
PLANT GROWTH REGULATOR<br />
Dormex is a plant growth<br />
regulator, which may be used in<br />
apples to increase and advance<br />
budburst and flowering.<br />
Action<br />
Earlier and condensed flowering.<br />
Uniform growth, leading to better crop management –<br />
i.e. reduced need for thinning sprays.<br />
Build up of desired framework.<br />
Yield<br />
Possible yield increases and larger fruit, in areas of<br />
low chilling.<br />
Witholding period<br />
Not required when used as directed.<br />
A systemic growth regulator<br />
designed to reduce vegetative<br />
growth in apples.<br />
Action<br />
Reduces internode lengths of new shoots and causes<br />
earlier formation of terminal buds.<br />
Benefit<br />
Provides better fruit quality in terms of colour, uniformity<br />
and fruit calcium. Equally beneficial for fresh and processed<br />
fruit production.<br />
A very useful means of improving yield.<br />
Withholding period<br />
Do not harvest for 21 days after application.<br />
herbicides<br />
Non selective herbicide that will<br />
kill most weeds and plants.<br />
Use<br />
To kill most emerged weeds and plants in apple and<br />
pear orchards.<br />
Application<br />
Apply as a directed or shielded spray or using wiper<br />
equipment. Do not apply as a spray near trees or vines less<br />
than 3 years old unless they are effectively shielded from<br />
spray and spray drift. Do not allow wiper surface to contact<br />
any part of the tree, vine or plant.<br />
Withholding period<br />
Not required when used as directed.<br />
Nails weeds fast.<br />
Hammer is a fast acting contact herbicide designed to<br />
improve control of broadleaf weeds when tank mixed with<br />
common knockdown herbicides.<br />
Improves control of annual broadleaf weeds<br />
Excellent on Marshmallow.<br />
Improves speed of brownout<br />
When tank mixed with glyphosate improves speed of<br />
burnout.<br />
No plant-back restrictions or soil carryover<br />
Compatibility<br />
Compatible with all knockdown herbicides.<br />
Easy, low use rates<br />
Fewer containers to dispose of.<br />
Complete in one pass<br />
Knockdown weed control.<br />
Withholding period<br />
Not required when used as directed.<br />
Value for money residual weed<br />
control in tree line situations.<br />
Pre emergent herbicide<br />
Offers long term weed control. Very good weed spectrum<br />
when tank mixed with Simazine.<br />
Safety<br />
Safe to use around trees of all ages.<br />
Application<br />
Apply to the base of plants avoiding contact with<br />
green bark.<br />
Very economical to use<br />
Can be mixed with a knockdown herbicide if established<br />
weeds are present. Adsorbs strongly to soil to avoid leaching.<br />
Withholding period<br />
Not required when used as directed.<br />
Other herbicide Products<br />
Simazine: Label use in apples and pears for control<br />
of annual ryegrass, annual thistles, barley grass,<br />
bindy-eye, brome grass, capeweed, chickweed, common<br />
sowthistle, creeping oxalis, fathen, geranium, ivyleaf<br />
speedwell, nettles, potato weed, powell’s amaranth,<br />
redroot amaranth, redshank, shepherd’s purse, slim<br />
amaranth, turnips (not NSW), wild mustard, wild oats,<br />
winter grass, wireweed (not Tasmania) and suppression<br />
of soursob.<br />
Shirquat: Label use in apples and pears for control<br />
of annual weeds.
other crop care products<br />
First choice for optimum<br />
performance.<br />
Multi purpose adjuvant containing a pH indicator for use as<br />
an acidifying, buffering, penetrating, wetting, spreading and<br />
compatibility aid.<br />
pH indication<br />
Addition of Primabuff to the spray tank will acidify the water<br />
which will turn a pink-red colour once the optimal pH range<br />
of pH 4.5 - 5.5 is reached.<br />
Wetting and spreading<br />
Automatically reduces the surface tension of the spray<br />
mixture allowing the spray droplets to flatten and spread,<br />
giving greater coverage and efficacy.<br />
Complexes harmful salts that are<br />
detrimental to the performance of crop<br />
protection chemicals<br />
Penetration<br />
Built-in penetrator moves the pesticide through the waxy<br />
cuticular layer, ensuring better pesticide performance.<br />
Acidification and buffering<br />
After adding Primabuff to the spray water, the water<br />
becomes increasingly acidic, turning pink, once the<br />
optimum pH is reached. If over-addition of Primabuff<br />
occurs, the spray water is automatically buffered at<br />
approximately pH 3.<br />
Compatibility aid<br />
Primabuff allows various spray combinations eliminating<br />
additional sprays and helping to save costs.<br />
Spray tank adjuvant used in<br />
conjunction with Hammer.<br />
Supercharge enables increased control of weeds when used<br />
in conjunction with Hammer Herbicide.<br />
All weather slug and snail bait<br />
Highly effective<br />
SlugOut is a premium granular bait formulation that has the<br />
active ingredient in the edible outer coating.<br />
Excellent coverage<br />
Smaller baits provide better coverage per square meter<br />
compared to other available products.<br />
Versatile application<br />
Spot treatment, broadcast or direct drilling options.<br />
Excellent weatherability<br />
A granular formulation that does not absorb water makes<br />
it highly rainfast. Trials have shown no breakdown up to<br />
60mm of rain.<br />
Safety<br />
Dyed green to deter birds and generally unattractive to dogs<br />
and cats.<br />
Get more out of every drop.<br />
Non-ionic surfactant used with herbicides, insecticides<br />
and fungicides.<br />
Safe to use<br />
Soft on horticulture crops due to low use rate.<br />
Reduces the number of spray droplets bouncing off leaves.<br />
Stickability<br />
Ensures the spray solution sticks to the target leaf and<br />
spreads out evenly.<br />
Greater coverage<br />
Enhances coverage of contact and protectant pesticides.<br />
Performance<br />
Maximises performance when concentrate spraying<br />
Increased speed of activity, penetration and uptake of<br />
systemic pesticides.
fungicide program for pomefruit<br />
dominant<br />
disease(s)<br />
greentip<br />
black spot cuprofix 1 +/- Viva<br />
delan<br />
x2<br />
powdery<br />
mildew<br />
(apples only)<br />
blossoming<br />
(pink to petal fall)<br />
stroby<br />
+/- Viva<br />
stroby<br />
stroby<br />
+/- Viva<br />
x2<br />
stroby<br />
x2<br />
crop stage<br />
delan<br />
x2<br />
bupirimate<br />
x2<br />
fruit development<br />
captan<br />
x4<br />
bupirimate 3<br />
preboom<br />
preharvest<br />
viva 3<br />
postharvest<br />
urea<br />
leaf<br />
fall<br />
bitter rot +<br />
storage rots<br />
copper<br />
oxychloride<br />
delan 2<br />
x2<br />
captan 2<br />
x4<br />
all diseases<br />
above<br />
(full program)<br />
cuprofix 1<br />
delan<br />
+/- Viva<br />
x2<br />
stroby<br />
+/- Viva<br />
stroby<br />
+/- Viva<br />
x2<br />
delan+<br />
bupirimate<br />
x2<br />
captan<br />
x2<br />
captan+<br />
bupirimate 3<br />
captan+<br />
viva 3<br />
urea<br />
guidelines<br />
Resistance: All uses comply with afrMG recommendations for fungicide resistance management.<br />
Notes: Viva should be mixed with Delan or Stroby:<br />
• If there has been an infection warning for black spot and the spray interval has extended beyond 10 days during blossoming;<br />
• When there is carry over or primary infection of powdery mildew.<br />
1<br />
Cuprofix is only registered on pears. Use copper oxychloride instead on apples.<br />
2<br />
Delan and Captan are not currently registered in Australia for bitter/storage rots but trial data indicates good efficacy.<br />
3<br />
Apply bupirimate or Viva only to varieties highly susceptible to powdery mildew in late summer.<br />
Contact Details<br />
Head Office<br />
<strong>Crop</strong> <strong>Care</strong> <strong>Australasia</strong> Pty Ltd<br />
Portal North – Unit 15/16<br />
Metroplex Avenue<br />
Murarrie QLD 4170<br />
Customer Service<br />
Phone: 1800 111 454<br />
Fax: 07 3909 2010<br />
www.cropcare.com.au<br />
The following trademarks and their owners are recognised:<br />
Gladiator, Shirwet, SlugOut are registered trademarks of<br />
Nufarm Technologies USA Pty Ltd. Bavistin, Calibre, Delan,<br />
Secure, Stomp, Stroby, Torque are registered trademarks<br />
of BASF. Betamite, Payback and Viva are registered<br />
trademarks of <strong>Crop</strong> <strong>Care</strong> <strong>Australasia</strong> Pty Ltd. Primabuff,<br />
Senator and Corvette are registered trademarks of<br />
Nufarm Australia Ltd. Talstar are registered trademarks<br />
of FMC Corporation.<br />
Dormex is a registered trademark of AlzChem Trostberg<br />
GmbH. Hammer is a registered trademark of FMC<br />
(Australia) Pty Ltd.<br />
Shirlan is a registered trademark of Syngenta.<br />
Lannate is a registered trademark of EI DuPont De<br />
Nemours and Company.<br />
Dominex is a registered trademark of FMC Corporation.<br />
Kelthane is a registered trademark of Dow AgroSciences.<br />
Hymal, Saboteur, Shirquat, Endosan are registered<br />
trademarks of Nufarm Technologies USA Pty Ltd.<br />
This publication is a guide only and no substitute for<br />
professional or expert advice.<br />
The product label should be consulted before use of<br />
any of the products referred to in this publication.<br />
<strong>Crop</strong> <strong>Care</strong> <strong>Australasia</strong> Pty Ltd shall not be liable for<br />
any results, loss, or damage whatsoever, whether<br />
consequential or otherwise through the use of<br />
application and/or materials referred to herein.<br />
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