H E R B I C I D E A ontt nd soil residul heriide for seson-long weed ontrol in grpes, kiwifruit, pipfruit nd stonefruit.
Chteu is n exiting new development in weed ontrol in orhrds nd vineyrds. Growers now hve n eonomi option for ontrolling weeds without the need for repeted sprying during the growing seson. Chteu hs een tested extensively for effiy, rop sfety nd residues, under NZ onditions, on vineyrds nd orhrds ross the ountry. Chteu onsistently provided seson long weed ontrol in this wide rnge of limtes nd rops. Chteu provides growers with n extremely effetive lterntive mode of tion (MOA) heriide for use in heriide resistne mngement strtegies. Chteu my e used either in sequene or in rottion with other effetive heriides of different MOA groups to ontrol heriide resistnt weeds suh s ryegrss or to prevent the further development of resistne. Registered rops Grpes, pipfruit, kiwifruit, stonefruit Ative ingredient 500g/kg flumioxzin Mode of Ation Extensively evluted in New Zelnd 20 trils over 6 yers in 5 regions A Group E heriide with ontt nd folir tivity. Flumioxzin is PPO inhiitor involved in the synthesis of hlorophyll. Mehnism of Ation Germinting seedings pik up flumioxzin s they grow through the treted zone. As soon s they reh the soil surfe the flumioxzin rets with sunlight nd uses disruption of ell memrnes nd deth of the plnt. This tion is very rpid nd germinting weeds re not normlly seen. Resistne Mngement Chteu will ontrol glyphoste/glufosinte/mitrole resistnt ryegrss. A suitle knokdown heriide will e required to remove estlished plnts first.
Chteu is proven pre-emergene residul heriide Brod spetrum Controls wide rnge of rodlef nd grss weeds. Rhizomtous or stoloniferous weeds my emerge through Chteu treted soil or reep in from unspryed res. Estlished weeds must e ontrolled prior to pplition of Chteu. Long lsting Controls weeds for 4-8 months. Stys in ple Stys in ple until rinfll or irrigtion releses its tivity. Does not leh or voltilise. Proven performne Chteu hs een widely used for effetive weed ontrol on vines nd tree rops round the world for mny yers, providing residul weed ontrol with no detrimentl effets on long term vine nd tree helth. No residues When used s direted no residues our in fruit or vine folige. Soil types Sfe nd effetive on wide rnge of soil types. Convenient Pre-pkged wter solule gs no weighing or hndling required. Weed free orhrds & vineyrds fter Chteu pplition Apple Orhrd, Hwkes By 2017 3 months fter tretnent 6 months fter tretment 8 months fter tretment Vineyrd, Hwkes By 2017 Left: Chteu 840g/h; Right: knokdown heriide - 4 months fter tretment.
Tril No. NUNZ1533 Tril onduted y Horteye Ltd. Lotion: Nelson Crop: Grpes :.v. Reisling Photos tken t eh ssessment. DAA = Dys After Applition 8DAT 61DAT 98DAT 189DAT Existing vegettion removed with knokdown heriide on 1 Septemer nd tril tretments pplied on 21 Otoer 2015 prior to flowering. Assessed for weed ground over: 8, 61, 98 & 189 DAT % Ground overed % Ground overed y weeds y over tril durtion 100 900g/L teruthylzine- 3.3kg/h Untreted % Weed Groundover 80 60 40 20 0 8 DAT 61 DAT 98 DAT 189 DAT Chteu 840g/h Chteu 700g/h untreted Chteu 840g/h + glyphoste Chteu 700g/h + glyphoste 900g/L teruthylzine- 3.3kg/h Tril No. NUNZ1428 Tril onduted y PGG Wrightson-Fruitfed Supplies 100 % Ground overed y ll weeds % Ground overed y ll weeds Lotion: Mrlorough Crop: Grpes.v. Suvignon Bln 200g/L glufosinte- mmonium - 6L/h pplied 1 month prior to tril tretments to remove existing vegettion in oth yers. Tril tretments pplied in tnk mix with 200g/L glufosinte- mmonium - 6L/h on 4 Novemer 2014 nd 30 Novemer 2015 prior to flowering. Assessed for weed ground over: 93-97 DAT % Weed Groundover 80 60 40 20 0 Untreted Chteu 700g/h 200g/L glufosintemmonium - 6L/h 500g/L teruthylzine - 6L/h In eh yer 29 weed speies were reorded in the tril inluding ristly hwkserd, white lover, srmling speedwell, doves foot, perennil ryegrss, tll fesue, srlet pimpernel, rodleved flene nd tll willow her. Within eh yer: 93 DAT 2014/15 97 DAT 2015/16 tretments with different letters re sttistilly different (P=0.05) Tril No. NUNZ1534 Tril onduted y Pek Reserh 80 Weed Ground Cover 130 dys fter tretment Weed Ground Cover 130 dys fter tretment Lotion: Hwkes By Crop: Grpes.v. Suvignon Bln Tretments pplied 22 Nov 2015, pre-flowering. All heriides were tnk mixed with 4L/h WeedMster 360. Assessed for weed ground over: 31 Mrh 2016 % Weed Groundover 60 40 20 0 Summer Grss Fthen Mllow Srmling Speedwell Ground overed y ll weeds Untreted Chteu 700g/h Chteu 840g/h 900g/kg teruthylzine 3.3kg/h Within eh weed group: tretments with different letters re sttistilly different (P=0.05)
Crop Sfety When pplied s per lel diretions, Chteu hs een proven to e sfe to young nd estlished trees nd vines. Reommendtion: Do not pply to trees estlished for less thn 1 yer. Do not pply to vines estlished for less thn 2 yers. Do not pply Chteu to green rk. Chteu in the soil Chteu poses no thret to soil helth: Chteu does not leh Chteu hs no negtive effets on erthworms. Chteu hs no negtive effets on soil miroorgnisms. Chteu does not ioumulte in the soil Tril No. NUNZ1537 Tril onduted y Nufrm Lotion: Centrl Otgo Crop: Cherries.v. Sentennil 2 yers old Applied: 16 Septemer 2015 Best prtie pplition to void rop dmge when using Chteu Crop Sfety: Chteu hs exellent rop sfety when used s direted. The only wy Chteu n use dmge to the rop is diret ontt with roots, folige or fruit. When Chteu is pplied ording to lel diretions root, folige nd fruit ontt will not our. Applition timing nd spryer set up: Chteu is not voltile there is no risk of drift of voltile gses. Chteu n ontt folige or fruit vi spry droplet drift resulting in fruit nd lef spotting. Apply t the orret timing s direted on the lel to prevent ontt with folige or fruit. Prior to pplition of Chteu ondut spryer hek nd lirtion. Chteu must e pplied using ground sed low oom using orse droplet spry. Ensure tht spryers hve the orret nozzles nd pressures to hieve orse droplet spry qulity. Avoid pplying when wind or other environmentl onditions re likely to use droplets to drift onto the rop. Do not pply when wind speeds re less thn 3km/hr or >30km/hour. Dusty Situtions: Chteu treted soil my e lown onto fruit or folige nd under ertin onditions spotting my our. Apply irrigtion to moisten soil nd prevent dust in situtions where there is risk espeilly immeditely fter pplition. Don t undertke mowing or distur the soil until t lest 15mm rin or irrigtion hs ourred fter pplition. Chteu pplied t the orret timing nd under the orret onditions poses low risk. Untreted 131 DAA Untreted 315 DAA Plnting into Chteu treted ground While Chteu does not move through the soil to ontt roots there is risk tht Chteu my ontt roots during the plnting proess. When plnting new vines or trees within 12 months of Chteu pplition remove the top 3m of soil from 0.5m rdius efore the hole is dug. Ensure tht none of this removed soil ends up in the plnting hole or omes into ontt with the new vine/tree. Chteu 840g/h 131 DAA Chteu 840g/h 315 DAA To ensure orret pplition of Chteu plese red nd follow ll lel diretions inluding those listed in the RESTRAINTS setion.
Optimising weed ontrol with Chteu To hieve weed ontrol for the entire growing seson pply Chteu (700-840g/h) prior to flowering for ll rops exept pers. (Pers pply efore ud rek) > The high rte (840g/h) will provide more persistent weed ontrol espeilly in high rinfll regions. Chteu must e pplied to re soil. Assess the ground under your trees or vines ouple of months efore plnned Chteu pplition nd immeditely prior to pplition. > Remove lrge or dense vegettion with suitle knokdown heriide efore pplying Chteu. Allow suffiient time for these weeds to die down efore pplying Chteu. > An effetive knokdown heriide should e tnk mixed with Chteu if there re smll weeds present t pplition. > Dense trsh, mulh or prunings must e removed prior to Chteu pplition to enle good even soil overge. Chteu should e pplied to moist soil nd requires t lest 15mm rinfll or irrigtion within 3 weeks of pplition to fully tivte the heriide. > Sprinkler irrigtion my e used to pre-moisten nd or tivte the heriide. Avoid soil disturne fter pplition s this will disrupt the treted zone nd llow weeds to emerge through unproteted soil. Apply to n even nd under the trees or vines. Residues nd withholding periods No detetle residues hve een found in produe hrvested from Chteu treted rops. No Chteu residues were deteted in folige smpled from grpevines prior to lef pluking y sheep. Chteu ws deteted t very low levels in surviving weeds in Chteu treted res. Dust from the surrounding re soil ontting folige on or very ner the soil surfe is the likely use. However, the proportion of weeds in grzing diet is very low nd provided grzing WHP s re followed residues will not e deteted in niml produts. Chteu WHPs: Do not pply fter the strt of flowering. Grzing orhrds: Do not grze orhrds efore 2 months fter pplition. Grzing vineyrds (inluding lef pluking): Sheep tht hve een grzing or fed treted rops should e pled on len feed for 2 months prior to slughter. Comptiility Chteu is omptile with rnge of heriides inluding, WeedMster G360, WeedMster TS470, WeedMster TS540, WeedMster Dry, Lion Heriide, Lion 490 DST, nd Biffo (glufosinte). Follow ll use diretions nd preutions on the tnk mix prtner lel. Use suffiient wter to provide even overge. Don t pply in high ph (>7) wter or llow the spry mix to stnd overnight. Too muh weed growth Weeds need to e ontrolled with knokdown heriide nd vegettion llowed to die down efore pplying Chteu Right onditions for Chteu pplition Miniml weed growth / orgni mtter to stop Chteu rehing the soil surfe. Add knokdown to ontrol seedling weeds
Use Diretions Crop Weeds ontrolled Rte per spryed h Critil Comments Grpes Kiwifruit Pipfruit Stonefruit Annul po (Po nnu) Brnyrd grss (Ehinohlo spp) Blk nightshde (Solnum nigrum) Bristly hwkserd (Crepis setos) Brod-leved flene (Conzy sumtrensis) Brod-leved plntin (Plntgo mjor) 700g 840g Use the higher rte for more persistent weed ontrol. CHATEAU Heriide needs t lest 15 mm of rin or irrigtion to tivte, nd therefore is est pplied just prior to period when rin is likely, or should e followed y dequte irrigtion. Chikweed (Stellri medi) Creeping mllow (Modiol rolinin) Dndelion (Trxum offiinle) The est pplition time for CHATEAU Heriide is during the period following finl hrvest up to ud rek. Dove s foot (Gernium molle) DO NOT pply to pers fter udrek. Fthen (Chenopodium lum) Hwkeserd (Crepis setos) Mllow (Mlv spp) Nrrow-leved plntin (Plntgo lneolt) Psplum (Psplum dilttum) Perennil ryegrss (Lolium perenne) Srlet pimpernel (Angllis rvensis vr. rvensis) Srmling speedwell (Veroni persi) Smll flowered mllow (Mlv prviflor) Sow thistle (Sonhus olereus) Stinging nettle (Urti urens) Summer grss (Digitri snguinlis) DO NOT pply to other rops fter the strt of flowering. Apply s direted spry using even flt fn nozzles onto re soil in the heriide strip t the se of vines or trees. When lrge weeds re present pply knokdown heriide t the full rte nd then llow weeds to die down efore pplying CHATEAU Heriide. If smll weeds re present (<5m height/ dimeter) pply CHATEAU Heriide in tnk mixture with knokdown heriide. Do not llow spry to ontt to folige, sukers, green rk or exposed roots. For residul use CHATEAU Heriide does not require n djuvnt, ut if it is eing used with knokdown heriide then follow the reommendtion for this heriide. Tll fesue (Festu rundine) Tll willow-her (Epiloium ilitum) White lover (Trifolium repens) Wild portul (Portul olere) Wireweed (Polygonum viulre) Yrrow- seedlings ( Ahille milefolium)
Restrints DO NOT pply y ir. DO NOT pply for residul weed ontrol until signifint rin hs ourred nd t lest 15mm rin is expeted or n e pplied y sprinklers within 3 weeks. DO NOT pply during the period fter ud rek, unless using shielded pplition equipment nd pplitor n ensure spry or spry drift will not ome in ontt with fruit or folige. DO NOT pply to trees estlished less thn 1 yer or vines estlished less thn 2 yers DO NOT use in rops where the fruiting uds re less thn 40m ove the soil. Remove low rnhes nd sukers if they re likely to ome into ontt with the spry. DO NOT pply in res prone to strong winds or to powdery soils or soils tht re suseptile to wind displement unless sprinkler or mirojet irrigtion n e pplied immeditely fter pplition to over the entire spryed re. DO NOT use in grpes or kiwifruit tht re not trellised or stked unless they re free stnding. DO NOT operte ny mhinery (eg spryers, mowers, ultivtors) tht my low treted soil onto leves nd fruitlets until t lest 15mm of rinfll or irrigtion hs een pplied y sprinklers to the treted re. DO NOT mow, ultivte or otherwise distur the soil in the treted re etween pplition nd hrvest unless the opertor n ensure the ny dust reted will not drift onto folige or fruit. DO NOT use for residul weed ontrol if lrge popultion of estlished weeds or lrge mounts of trsh re present s these will prevent the hemil rehing the soil. DO NOT pply in high ph wter (ph>7) or llow spry mix to stnd overnight. DO NOT distur treted soil surfe fter pplition. DO NOT tret weeds under poor growing or dormnt onditions (suh s our in drought, wterlogging, disese, inset dmge or following frosts) s redued ontrol my result. Weeds should e tively growing t time of tretment. DO NOT pply y misting mhines or ny other equipment likely to use exessive drift. DO NOT pply to frm lleys or rods where trffi my result in treted dust settling onto rops or other desirle vegettion DO NOT replnt trees or vines within 12 months of n pplition unless the top 3 m of soil from 0.5m rdius round the tree/vine to e repled is removed efore the hole is dug. Ensure treted soil does enter the hole or ontt the replnt. DO NOT pply more thn one pplition per seson. Buffer Zones: Do not pply within 5m of wterody. Do not pply within 15m of downwind non-trget plnts. Powerful rewrds for loylty to Nufrm Every purhse of Chteu erns you vlule rewrd points in Priority Prtnership, the rewrds progrmme for New Zelnd frmers. If you would like to know more visit www.priorityprtnership.o.nz. Chteu is registered trdemrk of Sumitomo Chemil Compny Limited, Jpn Biffo, Lion & WeedMster re registered trdemrks of Nufrm Limited Nufrm 2018 Nufrm NZ 6 Mnu Street, Othuhu PO Box 22407, Auklnd 1640, New Zelnd Phone 09 270 4157 nzinfo@nufrm.om www.nufrm.o.nz