A workshop focusing on biological pathways and environmental factors that influence herbicide performance in Port Lincoln this month.
This two-day workshop will be delivered by ICAN senior consultant Mark Congreve and supported by Grains Research and Development Corporation, and will take agronomists on a deep dive into herbicide modes of action, including the biological pathways and environmental factors that influence herbicide performance and interactions that may occur when products are mixed.
Water quality, adjuvant choice and spray quality are also popular discussion topics.
Herbicide resistance is also changing product use and in many situations, products and mixtures that previously worked are now less effective.
Participants will leave with a better understanding of the key factors dictating herbicide performance and what can be done in the paddock to ensure weed control is maximised.
Challenging questions to be covered include: why do herbicides perform or fail in some situations? how do environmental factors influence this?; what can happen when we tank mix?; critical comments on the label: why are they important?; how do adjuvants and water conditioning agents work? what should be used, when and why?; how does resistance affect different herbicides? what strategies can be used as resistance emerges?; and how do residual herbicides work and what influences their breakdown?
Workshop numbers will be capped to ensure effective participation.
It will be hosted at Port Lincoln Hotel on Thursday, July 24 and Friday, July 25, running from 8am to 5pm on the first day and 8am to 1pm on the second.
The cost is $275 per person.
It is one of five workshops happening across the country and the only one in South Australia.
To register, visit icanrural.com.au/registration/herbicideworkshops.html
