Jyri Kaapro

Senior Market Development Manager Turf/IVM

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Trial Results Esplanade Simazine

Roadside Vegetation Management, Canberra ACT, 7 months after treatment Pre-emergent Weed Control Weeds List

Broadleaf Weeds Grasses, Sedges, Rushes Asthma weed Euphorbia hyssopifolia, Euphorbia hirta Annual ryegrass Lolium rigidum Billy goat weed Ageratum houstonianum Crabgrass Digitaria ciliaris Burr medic Medicago polymorpha Crowsfoot grass Eleusine indica Canadian fleabane Conyza canadensis Knobby club rush Ficinia nodosa Capeweed Arctotheca calendula Pale pigeon grass Setaria pumila Catsear, Dandelion, Flatweed Hypochaeris radicata Panic veldt grass Ehrharta erecta Chickweed Stellaria media Silvergrass Vulpia bromoides Clover Trifolium sp. Silvery hair grass Aira cupaniana Cobbler’s pegs Bidens pilosa Soft brome Bromus molis Jersey Cudweed Helichrysum luteoalbum Summer grass Digitaria sanguinalis Paterson’s curse Echium plantagineum Sweet vernal grass Anthoxanthum odoratum Scotch thistle Onopordum acanthium Tall sedge Carex appressa Sow thistle, Milk thistle Sonchus oleraceus Toadrush Juncus bufonius Spear thistle Cirsium vulgare Wild oats Avena sativa Thickhead Crassocephalum crepidioides Windmill grass Chloris truncata Winter grass Poa annua Yorkshire fog, fog grass Holcus lanatus Ryegrass Post-emergent Trial Conducted by Plant Science Consulting

Pre-emergent 1 Leaf 3 Leaf 1 Tiller Untreated Esplanade Use Situations

• Non-crop areas

• Low maintenance grassed areas

• Forestry

• Pre-plant application

• Post-plant application Roadside Shoulder treatment - 5 months after treatment

Roundup + Esplanade Bromus Lolium Hordeum Vulpia Roadside Guide post treatment - 6 months after treatment

Roundup only Roundup + Esplanade Esplanade Railway Trial 4 months after treatment, Bundaberg Queensland (application November 2011) Rural Fenceline Trials – Tamworth July 2018 Grass Trial - 9 Months after treatment 50

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20 % Weed% Cover

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0 untreated Terrain Bromacil Terrain Method Esplanade Method Diuron 1kg Bromacil Terrain Terrain Method Esplanade control 700g WG 1.5Kg 700g + 675ml 150ml 675ml + + Rotary WG 1.5Kg 700g + 700g + 675ml + 150ml + Oust 400g Oust 400g 1.5L + Rotary Bromacil Rotary 1.5L Rotary 1.5L Method 1.5L WG 1.5Kg 675ml Rural Fenceline Trials – Tamworth July 2018 Thistle Trial - 9 Months after treatment 120

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60 % Weed% Cover 40

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0 untreated Bromacil Terrain Terrain Terrain Diuron 1kg Esplanade Method Bromacil Method Method Terrain Esplanade control WG 1.5Kg 700g 700g + 700g + + Rotary 150ml 675ml + WG 1.5Kg 675ml 675ml + 700g + 150ml + Rotary 1.5L Oust 400g 1.5L Oust 400g + Rotary Rotary 1.5L Bromacil Method 1.5L WG 1.5Kg 675ml Urban Fenceline Treatments

Roundup only

Roundup & Esplanade

4 months after application Esplanade + Roundup Industrial sites Brisbane Airport Solar Farm Melbourne Airport Fenceline

Esplanade + Sulfometuron +Roundup

Esplanade + Sulfometuron + Roundup Forestry Pre & Post planting treatments

Esplanade + Sulfometuron Low maintenance Grass Areas

Autumn application of Esplanade

Vulpia and winter annual broadleaf weed control 6 months after treatment Colorado State University PhD Research 2014-2017 (Dr. Derek Sebastian) Esplanade. A new Cellulose Biosynthesis Inhibiting Herbicide Provides Long-Term Control of Invasive Winter Annual Grasses Natural area regeneration

Untreated

Untreated

Esplanade

Esplanade Annual Veldtgrass

Victoria autumn 2019 Arctotheca calendula

Annual grasses

Victoria autumn 2019 Annual Invasive Grasses

Vulpia sp.

SA autumn 2019 Annual Invasive Grasses Vulpia sp.

Brachypodium distachyon

Briza major

Arctotheca calendula

Victoria autumn 2019 Plant Tolerance

• Generally perennial plants are tolerant • Tree and shrub safe • Forbs • Perennial warm season (C4) grasses • Bulbs Tolerance of Native & Ornamental Perennial Plants

Field Trials Pot Trials Efficacy on resistant biotypes Conducted by Plant Science Consulting Ryegrass Fleabane Feathertop Rhodes Grass

Group A, B & M Resistant Group M Resistant Group M Resistant Ongoing Trials

• Other weeds

• Tank mixtures

• Safety on native species Questions? VM Contacts

Paul Crack – 0438 991 907 James Royal – 0408 903 252