On this page you will find useful links to fact sheets, articles, manuals and other information that relates to spray application, drift management, application equipment, specific weeds and a variety of other topics. Use the titles below to navigate to each section.
Weather Conditions & Surface Temperature Inversions | Nozzles | Spray Application & Machinery | Deposition – Stubble Wheel Tracks & Canopy | Pre-emergent Herbicides | Weeds | Herbicide Resistance | Tillage | Mixing & Loading Agricultural Chemicals | Residues | Crops
Weather Conditions & Surface Temperature Inversions
Video – Early morning inversion practical demonstration
Video – Daytime conditions after the inversion breaks
Summer Weed Control Best Practice Guide by Mary O’Brien – read online | 3-fold printable brochure
Surface Temperature Inversions – Agriculture Victoria page
Weather Essentials for Pesticide Application by Graeme Tepper
Surface temperature inversions and spraying – GRDC Fact Sheet
Weather monitoring equipment for agricultural spraying operations – GRDC Fact Sheet
Spray Application Manual edited by Bill Gordon (Module 10 covers Weather Monitoring for Spray Applications)
Labels & Permits
**NEW 2,4-D label instructions
**NEW Permit – Optical Spot Spray Technology (eg WEEDit)
**NEW Permit – Booms that are not capable of 0.5m above target
Nozzles
Implications for nozzle selection and spray quality from recent trial results – GRDC Fact Sheet
Back Pocket Guide – Nozzle Selection
Spray Application & Machinery
Spray Application Manual edited by Bill Gordon
Practical tips to reduce spray drift – GRDC Fact Sheet
Pre-season sprayer checks and calibration tips – GRDC Fact Sheet
Deposition – Stubble, wheel tracks & canopy
Improving weed control in wheel tracks during summer fallow spraying – GRDC Fact Sheet
Application considerations for in-crop herbicide use – GRDC Fact Sheet
Foliar applications of fungicides and insecticides – GRDC Fact Sheet
Pre-Emergent Herbicides
Understanding pre-emergent herbicides and how they interact with the environment – GRDC Fact Sheet
Using Group A herbicides for control of grass weeds in fallow – GRDC Fact Sheet
Weeds
Flaxleaf Fleabane – GRDC Fact Sheet
Feathertop Rhodes Grass – GRDC Fact Sheet
Wild radish management and strategies to address herbicide resistance – GRDC Fact Sheet
Managing weeds in fencelines – GRDC Update Paper
Herbicide Resistance
Integrated Weed Management Manual
Cropping with Herbicide Resistance – GRDC Fact Sheets for Northern, Southern & Western Regions
Take the test for herbicide resistance – GRDC Fact Sheet
Tillage
Is there room for strategic tillage in a no-till system? – GRDC Fact Sheet
Controlled traffic farming – GRDC Fact Sheet
Mixing & Loading Agricultural Chemicals
Water quality for spraying operations – GRDC Fact Sheet
Spray Mixing Requirements for Spray Operations – GRDC Fact Sheet
Residues
Managing maximum residue limits in export grain – GRDC Fact Sheet
Stewardship for pre-harvest application of herbicides in winter crops – GRDC Fact Sheet
Crops
Chickpea – Managing Fungal Diseases of Chickpeas – GRDC Fact Sheet for Northern & Southern Regions
Cereal fungicides – GRDC Fact Sheets – All regions
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