An Australian Guide to Pest Management
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An Australian guide to pest management Co n t e n t s The Product 1 Fastac Duo - A Remarkable Insecticide 2 Fastac Duo - Flexible Application 3 Fastac Duo - Registered Pests & Crops 4 Fastac Duo - Environmental Studies 7 Insecticide Resistance 8 Fastac Duo - Spray Timing Charts Eastern States 9 Fastac Duo - Spray Timing Charts We s t e rn Australia The Pests 1 0 Redlegged Earth Mite and Blue Oat Mite 1 2 Bare earth control of Redlegged Earth Mite 1 3 Pasture Cockchafers 1 4 A p h i d s 15 A rm y w o rm 1 6 Pea We e v i l 1 7 Native Budworm 1 8 Brown Pasture Looper C u t w o rm 1 9 Vegetable We e v i l We b w o rm 2 0 Cabbage Moth 2 1 Australian Plague Locust F u rther Inform a t i o n 2 2 N o t e s 2 3 Safety Directions and First Aid 2 4 Contact Details This guide is designed to be used in conjunction with the product label provided. Please refer to inside back cover for the complete FA S TAC Duo label. If your copy is missing - contact BASF Australia Ltd on 1 800 501 940 for further inform a t i o n . CI D 3 0 1 Active Constituent: 100 g/L alpha-cyperme t h r i n A Remarkable Insecticide FAS TA C ® Duo is a contact and residual synthetic pyrethroid insecticide. It can be used as a protective treatment when applied at regular intervals or as a knockdown treatment to control existing infestations. The product can be applied mixed either with water carrier or oil based bulking agents such as D- C - T R O N † cotton spray oil or compatible ULV lowpr o d u c t s . Some Advantages • One formulation for all • Can be used as a high volume, applications: EC or ULV. low volume or ultra low volume do s e ap p l i c a t i o n . • ”E n v i r o n m e n t a l l y , the best insecticide we have ever made.” • Has repellent and antifeedant eff e c t s . • Active against most commercially im p o r tant pests. • Low dose rates minimise the environmental impact. • Ef fective against many insects resistant to other non-synthetic • Minimal hazard to non-target pyrethroid insecticides. sp e c i e s . • Can be used on a wide variety • Convenient pack sizes of 5L, of crops which allows year 20L and 200L. round usage. • New army w o r m control rate in winter cereals. • New registration for RLEM bare eff e c ea r th pre-emergentt i v control.e 1 Flexible Application Low Volume and High Volume applications by Misting machines: ground rig or aircraft when FAS T AC Duo is applied These, generally will NOT provide the same level of with a water carrier: control as a boom due to poor coverage, so are FAS T AC Duo can be applied by ground or aircraft not recommended. with a water carrier. Thorough coverage is essential to ensure adequate control. Always apply Su rf a c t a n t : with a non-ionic surfactant unless detailed on the The addition of a non-ionic surfactant at label rates label or a tank mix partn e r . Apply during the per 100 litres of spray mix will improve droplet cooler part of the day or night. deposition and control when using a water carrier. Ground application - water carrier: Ra i n f a s t n e s s : For low volume spraying of field crops with ground Best results are obtained if heavy rain does not rigs, use a total volume or 50-200 L/ha, except for occur within 6 hours after application. sweet corn, tomatoes and tobacco where higher Length of Control: volumes should be used. Drop arms should be FA S TAC Duo kills pests through contact and used on ground rigs in row crops taller than 30 cm ingestion. The active ingredient in FAS T AC Duo, (0.3 m). The application should be made as a fine al p h a - c y p e r methrin, is only slightly soluble in sp r a y , preferably using hollow cone nozzles, unless water and therefore is not degraded in the same ot h e r wise directed in the Critical Comments. manner as other insecticides. Aerial application - water carrier: Use a minimum Co m p a t i b i l i t y : spray volume of 20 L/ha. For spring/early summer Low Volume and High Volume applications by application to cereals, linola, canola, rice and to ground rig or aircraft when FAS T AC Duo is applied other dense crops, apply in a total spray volume of with water carrier: 30 to 35 L/ha. If possible, spray in a crosswind. This product is compatible with Dithane† M4 5 , Avoid spraying in calm conditions or when wind is dicamba, Kelthane† EC, Kocide†, NUDRIN® light and variable in direction. Apply as a spray of Insecticide, NUDRIN® 225, Parathion 500 EC, 100-150 microns VMD. Do NOT apply to trellis Parathion M500, Predator †300, Ridomil†, Wux a l †, tomatoes by aircraft. Se l e c t †, dimethoate, paraquat, diquat, glyphosate, Tig r e x †, Jaguar†, simazine, SPINNAKER®, 2,4-D Ultra Low Volume (ULV) application by aircraft: amine and ester, 2,4-DB and MCPA. Do NOT mix FA S TAC Duo, mixed with D-C-TRON cotton FAS T AC Duo with wettable powders and water spray oil or other compatible products should be dispersible granules BEFORE addition to the spray applied in a minimum total spray volume of 1.5 tank. FAS T AC Duo can be mixed with Dithane L/ha. It should only be applied by aircraft with WDG providing the mixture is agitated effi c i e n t l y suitable equipment to provide a droplet size of and used immediately. approximately 80-100 microns VMD. Applications should be made during the cooler parts of the Ultra Low Volume (ULV) application by aircraft: day or night. Avoid application in calm or very This product should be used only with specific ULV windy conditions. Preferably apply in light to fo r mulations of other insecticides, e.g. NUDRIN moderate cross winds. 225, Predator 300 and PBO synergists, when mixed according to the directions on the PBO synergist labels. 2 Mi x i n g : Environmental considerations: FA S TAC Duo mixes readily with hard and soft FAS T AC Duo is of low hazard to the user and the w a t e r. Add the required quantity of FA S TA C environment when used in accordance with label Duo to water under agitation. Do not allow directions. mixed solution to stand for longer that 16 hours. In extremely alkaline water (pH9), spray Always consult the label for full application immediately after mixing, or use a proprietary in s t r u c t i o n s . neutralising agent. More Pests More Crops. - A Truly Versatile Insecticide. Registered Pests Ap h i d s Helicoverpa armi g e r a Apple Wee v i l Helicoverpa punctigera Banksia Moth Pea Wee v i l Blackheaded Pasture Cockchafer Plague Locust Blue Oat Mite Plague Thrips Bo l l w o r m Redlegged Earth m i t e Brown Pasture Looper Rough Bollworm Cabbage Moth Rutherglen Bug Cabbage White Butterfl y Sorghum Midge Cluster Caterpillar So u t h e r n Army w o r m Common Army w o r m Tasmanian Eucalyptus Leaf Beetle Cu t w o r m Tobacco Looper Garden Wee v i l Vegetable Wee v i l Green Mirid Web w o r m Grey Cluster Bug Wingless Grasshopper Registered Crops Ba n k s i a Lu c e rn e Br o c c o l i - (Seed and Forage crops) Brussels Sprouts Lu p i n s Ca b b a g e s Ma i z e Ca u l i f l o w e r s Mung Beans Chinese Cabbage Navy Beans Ca n o l a Pastures Cereals (winter) - (Legume & Grass Based) Cotton Pome Fruit Eucalypt Plantations Ri c e Field Peas So r g h u m Grape Vin e s So y b e a n s Ka l e Stone Fruit Ko h l r a b i Sun Flowers Le t t u c e Sweet Corn Li n o l a Tob a c c o Li n s e e d Tom a t o e s Turn i p s 3 Environmentally the best insecticide we have ever made... An Overvi e w FASTAC Duo is a highly active synthetic pyrethroid insecticide used at relatively low rates of application. At these rates, FASTAC Duo controls a wide range of pests on most of the world’s economically important crops. Note: Reference is made to the original FASTAC® 100 EC formulation in these environmental studies. The same conclusions apply to FASTAC Duo; so to avoid confusion FA S TAC Duo is referred to in this section. It is known that FASTAC Duo and compounds related to it are not hazardous to birds and mammals when used as recommended. However, their high level of biological activity suggest that These studies have demonstrated that they might put at risk non-target species such as despite the high intrinsic level of activity of honey bees, insect predators and fish in waterways near farms.