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Table 4 Annual Tolga chemical use, per hectare

From: High performance of a low input, mixed western Australian farming system: public policy implications from the case of Tolga farm

Crop

Volume, ha

Name

Group

Mode of Action**

670 gm

Glyphosate (450 g/L, knockdown, seeding)

M

Inhibitors of EPSP synthase

200 ml

Triclopyr / Garlon (knockdown, seeding)

I

Disruptors of plant cell growth (synthetic auxins)

1.25 L

Glyphosate (crop)

M

 

2.2 L

Trifluralin (480 g/L, crop, May)

D

Inhibitors of microtubule assembly

280 gm

Diuron (crop, May)

C

Inhibitors of photosynthesis at photosystem II (PS II inhibitors)

120 mL

Dicamba (crop, May)

I

Disruptors of plant cell growth (synthetic auxins)

500 ml

LVE 570 (MCPA) (crop, May)

I

 

600 mL

Bromoxynil (250 g/L crop, May)

C, F

Bleachers: inhibitors of carotenoid biosynthesis at the phytoene desaturase step (PDS inhibitors)

50 mL

Diflufenican (25 g/L crop, May)

F

 

1 kg

Zinc

  

Pasture*

400 mL

Clethodim

A

Inhibitors of fat synthesis (ACC’ase [acetyl coA carboxylase] inhibitors)

500 mL

Paraquat

L

Inhibitors of photosynthesis at photosystem I (PSI inhibitors)

  1. * Note, some nutrition is applied as foliar to pasture
  2. **https://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/biosecurity/weeds/weed-control/herbicides/herbicide-resistance