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For the control of certain grass weeds in broadleaf crops as specified in the Directions for Use table.

DIRECTIONS FOR USE:
RESTRAINTS:
DO NOT apply to crops that are stressed by any cause (such as severe cold weather, disease, drought or waterlogging).
DO NOT apply to weeds that are stressed by any cause (such as weather conditions, drought, waterlogging) or not actively growing. Grass weeds under stress frequently become less susceptible to herbicide activity. This may result in an incomplete kill or suppression of weeds only.
DO NOT apply under conditions of high temperature and low humidity.
DO NOT apply if rainfall is expected within 3 hours.
DO NOT apply less than 50 L prepared spray/ha.

BOOM SPRAYING: WINTER GROWING WEEDS:

BEETROOT, CABBAGE, CANOLA, CARROTS, CAULIFLOWER, CHICKPEAS, CLOVER & SUB CLOVER PASTURES, CUCUMBERS•, FABA BEANS, FIELD PEAS, HONEY DEW MELONS•, LENTILS, LUCERNE, LUPINS, MEDIC PASTURE, MUNG BEANS, NAVY BEANS, ONIONS, POTATOES, PUMPKINS•, RADISH, TOMATOES, VETCHWeeds controlled: Annual Ryegrass (Lolium rigidum), Brome Grasses (Bromus spp.)
Weeds stage: 3 leaf to early tillering
Rate / ha: 300 mL or 350 mL
Critical comments: Apply when weeds are actively growing. Use higher rate under heavy weed pressure, and/or when weeds have commenced tillering.†

Weeds controlled: Barley Grass (Hordeum spp.), Volunteer Barley, Volunteer Wheat
Weeds stage: 3 leaf to early tillering
Rate / ha: 250 mL
Critical comments: Apply when weeds are actively growing.†

Weeds controlled: Wild Oats (Avena spp.)
Weeds stage: 3 leaf to mid-tillering
Rate / ha: 125 mL or 250 mL
Critical comments: Apply when weeds are actively growing. Use the lower rate only under light weed pressure and/or when weeds are at the 1-3 leaf stage. Use higher rate under heavy weed pressure and/or when weeds are tillering. The higher rate will give better or more reliable control.†

Crop: Beetroot
Withholding period:
Harvest: 14 days
Grazing: -

Crop: Cabbage
Withholding period:
Harvest: 9 weeks
Grazing: -

Crop: Canola
Withholding period:
Harvest: 11 weeks
Grazing: 4 weeks

Crop: Carrots
Withholding period:
Harvest: 10 weeks
Grazing: -

Crop: Cauliflower
Withholding period:
Harvest: 14 days
Grazing: -

Crop: Chickpeas
Withholding period:
Harvest: 12 weeks
Grazing: 4 weeks

Crop: Clover & Sub Clover Pastures
Withholding period:
Harvest: -
Grazing: 14 days

Crop: Cucumbers
Withholding period:
Harvest: 14 days
Grazing: -

Crop: Faba Beans
Withholding period:
Harvest: 12 weeks
Grazing: 4 weeks

Crop: Field Peas
Withholding period:
Harvest: 9 weeks
Grazing: 4 weeks

Crop: Honey Dew Melons
Withholding period:
Harvest: 9 weeks
Grazing: -

Crop: Lentils
Withholding period:
Harvest: 12 weeks
Grazing: 4 weeks

Crop: Lucerne
Withholding period:
Harvest: -
Grazing: 4 weeks

Crop: Lupins
Withholding period:
Harvest: 6 weeks
Grazing: 4 weeks

Crop: Medic Pasture
Withholding period:
Harvest: -
Grazing: 14 days

Crop: Mung Beans
Withholding period:
Harvest: 12 weeks
Grazing: 4 weeks

Crop: Navy Beans
Withholding period:
Harvest: 12 weeks
Grazing: 4 weeks

Crop: Onions
Withholding period:
Harvest: 18 weeks
Grazing: -

Crop: Potatoes
Withholding period:
Harvest: 10 weeks
Grazing: -

Crop: Pumpkins
Withholding period:
Harvest: 9 weeks
Grazing: -

Crop: Radish
Withholding period:
Harvest: 21 days
Grazing: -

Crop: Tomatoes
Withholding period:
Harvest: 4 weeks
Grazing: -

Crop: Vetch
Withholding period:
Harvest: 12 weeks
Grazing: 4 weeks

† Always add a surfactant/wetting agent at the recommended rate – see section on “use of surfactant/wetting agent” for details.
• Important do not apply LEOPARD before the five true leaf stage of the crop.

BOOM SPRAYING: SUMMER GROWING WEEDS:

BEETROOT, CABBAGE, CAULIFLOWER, CARROTS, CUCUMBERS•, GREEN BEANS, HONEY DEW MELONS•, LUCERNE, MUNG BEANS, NAVY BEANS, ONIONS, PEANUTS, POTATOES, POTATOES, PINEAPPLES, PUMPKINS•, RADISH, SOYBEANS, SUNFLOWER, TOMATOES
Weeds controlled: Awnless Barnyard Grass (Echinochloa colona), Barnyard Grass (Echinochloa crus-galli)
Weeds stage: 3 leaf to early tillering
Rate / ha: 500 mL or 750 mL
Critical comments: Apply when weeds are actively growing.
Use higher rate under heavy weed pressure, and/or when weeds have commenced tillering.†

Weeds controlled: Couch Grass (Cynodon dactylon)
Weeds stage: 2-4 leaf seedling
Rate / ha: 500 mL
Critical comments: Apply when weeds are actively growing. This rate will only control seedling Couch Grass which is less than 2 months old and established from seed.†

Weeds controlled: Dinebra (Dinebra retroflexa)
Weeds stage: 3 leaf to early tillering
Rate / ha: 250 mL or 375 mL
Critical comments: Apply when weeds are actively growing. Use higher rate under heavy weed pressure, and/or when weeds have commenced tillering.†

Weeds controlled: Crowsfoot Grass (Eleusine Indica)
Weeds stage: 2 leaf to early tillering
Rate / ha: 500 mL
Critical comments: Apply when weeds are actively growing.†

Weeds controlled: Foxtail Millet (Setaria Italica)
Weeds stage: 2 leaf to early tillering
Rate / ha: 250 mL or 500 mL
Critical comments: Apply when weeds are actively growing. Use higher rate under heavy weed pressure, and/or when weeds have commenced tillering.†

Weeds controlled: Columbus Grass (Sorghum xalmum), Johnson Grass (Sorghum halepense), Liverseed Grass (Urochloa panicoides)
Weeds stage: 2 leaf to 3 tiller
Rate / ha: 500 mL or 750 mL
Critical comments: Apply when weeds are actively growing. Use higher rate under heavy weed pressure, and/or when weeds have commenced tillering.†

Weeds controlled: Rhodes Grass (Chloris gayana), Stink Grass (Eragrostis cilianensis)
Weeds stage: 3 leaf to early tillering
Rate / ha: 250 mL or 500 mL
Critical comments: Apply when weeds are actively growing. Use higher rate under heavy weed pressure, and/or when weeds have commenced tillering.†

Weeds controlled: Queensland Blue Grass (Dichanthium sericeum)
Weeds stage: 3 leaf to early tillering
Rate / ha: 500 mL
Critical comments: Apply when weeds are actively growing.†

Weeds controlled: Summer Grass (Digitaria ciliaris)
Weeds stage: 3 leaf to early tillering
Rate / ha: 500 mL or 1000 mL
Critical comments: Apply when weeds are actively growing. Use higher rate under heavy weed pressure, and/or when weeds have commenced tillering.†

Crop: Beetroot
Withholding period:
Harvest: 14 days
Grazing: -

Crop: Cabbage
Withholding period:
Harvest: 9 weeks
Grazing: -

Crop: Cauliflower
Withholding period:
Harvest: 14 days
Grazing: -

Crop: Carrots
Withholding period:
Harvest: 10 weeks
Grazing: -

Crop: Cucumbers
Withholding period:
Harvest: 14 days
Grazing: -

Crop: Green Beans
Withholding period:
Harvest: 5 weeks
Grazing: 4 weeks

Crop: Honey Dew Melons
Withholding period:
Harvest: 9 weeks
Grazing: -

Crop: Lucerne
Withholding period:
Harvest: -
Grazing: 4 weeks

Crop: Mung Beans
Withholding period:
Harvest: 12 weeks
Grazing: 4 weeks

Crop: Navy Beans
Withholding period:
Harvest: 12 weeks
Grazing: 4 weeks

Crop: Onions
Withholding period:
Harvest: 18 weeks
Grazing: -

Crop: Peanuts
Withholding period:
Harvest: 11 weeks
Grazing: 11 weeks

Crop: Potatoes
Withholding period:
Harvest: 10 weeks
Grazing: -

Crop: Pineapples
Withholding period:
Harvest: 7 days
Grazing: -

Crop: Pumpkins
Withholding period:
Harvest: 9 weeks
Grazing: -

Crop: Radish
Withholding period:
Harvest: 21 days
Grazing: -

Crop: Soybeans
Withholding period:
Harvest: 12 weeks
Grazing: 4 weeks

Crop: Sunflower
Withholding period:
Harvest: 9 weeks
Grazing: 11 weeks

Crop: Tomatoes
Withholding period:
Harvest: 4 weeks
Grazing: -

†Always add a surfactant/wetting agent at the recommended rate – see section on “use of surfactant/wetting agent” for details.
• Important do not apply LEOPARD before the five true leaf stage of the crop.

HAND GUN SPRAYING:

BEETROOT, CABBAGE, CAULIFLOWER, CANOLA, CARROTS, CHICKPEAS, CLOVER & SUB CLOVER PASTURE, CUCUMBERS•, FABA BEANS, FIELD PEAS, GRAPES, GREEN BEANS, HONEY DEW MELONS•, LENTILS, LUCERNE, LUPINS, MEDIC PASTURE, MUNG BEANS, NAVY BEANS, NON CROP ONIONS, PEANUTS, PINEAPPLES, POTATOES, PUMPKINS•, RADISH, SOYBEANS, SUNFLOWERS, TOMATOES, VETCHWeeds controlled: Awnless Barnyard Grass (Echinochloa colona), Crowsfoot Grass (Eleusine Indica)
Weeds stage: 3 leaf to early tillering
Rate / ha: 125 mL

Weeds controlled: Paspalum (Paspalum dilatatum)
Weeds stage: Seedling to established clumps
Rate / ha: 125 mL

Weeds controlled: Johnson Grass (Sorghum halepense)
Weeds stage: Seedling 2 leaf to early tillering
Rate / ha: 125 mL

Weeds stage: Rhizome 2 leaf to early tillering
Rate / ha: 250 mL

Weeds controlled: Kikuyu (Pennisetum clandestinum)
Weeds stage: Seedling to established plants
Rate / ha: 250 mL

Critical comments: Apply when weeds are actively growing.
Use a minimum of 800 L of prepared spray/ha. Thoroughly wet target weeds (especially well established clumps) without causing run off. Repeated sprays may be necessary for perennial grass species. Always add a surfactant/wetting agent at the recommended rate – see section on “Use of Surfactant/ Wetting agent” for details.

Crop: Beetroot
Withholding period:
Harvest: 14 days
Grazing: -

Crop: Cabbage
Withholding period:
Harvest: 9 weeks
Grazing: -

Crop: Cauliflower
Withholding period:
Harvest: 14 days
Grazing: -

Crop: Canola
Withholding period:
Harvest: 11 weeks
Grazing: 4 weeks

Crop: Carrots
Withholding period:
Harvest: 10 weeks
Grazing: -

Crop: Chickpeas
Withholding period:
Harvest: 12 weeks
Grazing: 4 weeks

Crop: Clover & Sub Clover Pasture
Withholding period:
Harvest: -
Grazing: 14 days

Crop: Cucumbers
Withholding period:
Harvest: 14 days
Grazing: -

Crop: Faba Beans
Withholding period:
Harvest: 12 weeks
Grazing: 4 weeks

Crop: Field Peas
Withholding period:
Harvest: 9 weeks
Grazing: 4 weeks

Crop: Grapes
Withholding period:
Harvest: -
Grazing: -

Crop: Green Beans
Withholding period:
Harvest: 5 weeks
Grazing: 4 weeks

Crop: Honey Dew Melons
Withholding period:
Harvest: 9 weeks
Grazing: -

Crop: Lentils
Withholding period:
Harvest: 12 weeks
Grazing: 4 weeks

Crop: Lucerne
Withholding period:
Harvest: -
Grazing: 4 weeks

Crop: Lupins
Withholding period:
Harvest: 6 weeks
Grazing: 4 weeks

Crop: Medic Pasture
Withholding period:
Harvest: -
Grazing: 14 days

Crop: Mung Beans
Withholding period:
Harvest: 12 weeks
Grazing: 4 weeks

Crop: Navy Beans
Withholding period:
Harvest: 12 weeks
Grazing: 4 weeks

Crop: Onions
Withholding period:
Harvest: 18 weeks
Grazing: -

Crop: Peanuts
Withholding period:
Harvest: 11 weeks
Grazing: 11 weeks

Crop: Pineapples
Withholding period:
Harvest: 7 days
Grazing: -

Crop: Potatoes
Withholding period:
Harvest: 10 weeks
Grazing: -

Crop: Pumpkins
Withholding period:
Harvest: 9 weeks
Grazing: -

Crop: Radish
Withholding period:
Harvest: 21 days
Grazing: -

Crop: Soybeans
Withholding period:
Harvest: 12 weeks
Grazing: 4 weeks

Crop: Sunflowers
Withholding period:
Harvest: 9 weeks
Grazing: 11 weeks

Crop: Tomatoes
Withholding period:
Harvest: 4 weeks
Grazing: -

Crop: Vetch
Withholding period:
Harvest: 12 weeks
Grazing: 4 weeks

† Always add a surfactant/wetting agent at the recommended rate – see section on “use of surfactant/wetting agent” for details.
• Important do not apply LEOPARD before the five true leaf stage of the crop.

NOT TO BE USED FOR ANY PURPOSE, OR IN ANY MANNER, CONTRARY TO THIS LABEL UNLESS AUTHORISED UNDER APPROPRIATE LEGISLATION.

WITHHOLDING PERIODS:
HARVEST:
BEETROOT, CAULIFLOWER, CUCUMBERS: DO NOT harvest for 14 days after application.
CABBAGE, FIELD PEAS, HONEY DEW MELON, PUMPKINS, SUNFLOWERS: DO NOT harvest for 9 weeks after application.
CARROTS, POTATOES: DO NOT harvest for 10 weeks after application.
CHICKPEAS, FABA BEANS, LENTILS, MUNG BEANS, NAVY BEANS, SOYBEANS, VETCH: DO NOT harvest for 12 weeks after application.
CANOLA, PEANUTS: DO NOT harvest for 11 weeks after application.
GREEN BEANS: DO NOT harvest for 5 weeks after application.
GRAPES: NOT REQUIRED WHEN USED AS DIRECTED.
LUPINS: DO NOT harvest for 6 weeks after application.
ONIONS: DO NOT harvest for 18 weeks after application.
PINEAPPLES: DO NOT harvest for 7 days after application.
RADISH: DO NOT harvest for 21 days after application.
TOMATOES: DO NOT harvest for 4 weeks after application.
GRAZING:
CANOLA, CHICKPEAS, FABA BEANS, FIELD PEAS, GREEN BEANS, LENTILS, LUCERNE, LUPINS, MUNG BEANS, NAVY BEANS, SOYBEANS, VETCH: DO NOT graze or cut for stock feed for 4 weeks after application.
CLOVER, MEDICS, PASTURES (EXCEPT LUCERNE), SUB-CLOVER: DO NOT graze or cut for stock feed for 14 days after application.
PEANUTS, SUNFLOWERS: DO NOT graze or cut for stock feed for 11 weeks after application.

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS
LEOPARD is an emulsifiable concentrate herbicide used post emergence for the control of certain grass weeds in specified broadleaf crops.
LEOPARD is a systemic herbicide, which is rapidly absorbed and readily translocates from the treated foliage to the root system and growing points of the plant. Applications made to grass weeds stressed due to insufficient moisture or cold temperatures may result in unsatisfactory control.

RESISTANT WEEDS WARNING
LEOPARD herbicide is a member of the Aryloxyphenoxypropionates ‘Fop’ group of herbicides. LEOPARD herbicide has the Inhibitors of acetyl coA carboxylase mode of action. For weed resistance management LEOPARD is a Group A Herbicide. Some naturally occurring weed biotypes resistant to LEOPARD herbicide and other Group A herbicides may exist through normal genetic variability in any weed population. The resistant individuals can eventually dominate the weed population if these herbicides are used repeatedly. These resistant weeds will not be controlled by LEOPARD herbicide or other Group A herbicides.
Since the occurrence of resistant weeds is difficult to detect prior to use, Adama Australia Pty. Ltd. accepts no liability for any losses that may result from the failure of LEOPARD herbicide to control resistant weeds.
Strategies to minimise the risk of herbicide resistance are available. Consult your farm chemical supplier, consultant, local Department of Agriculture or Primary Industries, or local Adama Representative.

TIME OF APPLICATION
For maximum benefit, weeds should be sprayed when young and actively growing. Application may be made at any stage of crop growth (except to cucurbit crops), but sufficient time must be allowed for the prescribed withholding period to expire before harvest and/or grazing or cutting for stockfeed.
Important: DO NOT apply LEOPARD to cucurbit crops before the five true leaf stage.

SPRAY PREPARATION
LEOPARD is an emulsifiable concentrate to be mixed with water and applied as a spray. Add the amount of LEOPARD directly to the spray tank and mix well.
If tank mixing with Benomyl or Mancozeb, add these to the spray tank and mix thoroughly prior to adding LEOPARD.

Use of a Surfactant/Wetting
LEOPARD may be used with either of the following adjuvant systems:
1) A non-ionic surfactant (1000 g ac/L strength) at 200 mL/100 L of final spray volume (i.e. 0.2% volume/volume).
2) A non-ionic surfactant (1000 g ac/L strength) at 0.1% v/v and a mineral spray oil at 1% v/v.
For LEOPARD and LEOPARD tank-mixes with Sertin* 186EC, Sertin* Plus and Select* the recommended mixture is 100 mL non-ionic surfactant + 1 L DC-Trate* Spray Oil per 100 litres of final spray volume. This adjuvant system provides a more robust treatment than a surfactant only treatment and is strongly recommended. DO NOT use the surfactant + mineral oil adjuvant system on vegetable crops, use a surfactant only. DO NOT use a Spray Oil alone, a surfactant must always be added. DO NOT use spray oils of crop origin (eg Codacide oil, Synetrol oil) as spray adjuvants.

COMPATIBILITIES
LEOPARD is compatible with the insecticides Ballistic, Le Mat*, Dimethoate, endosulfan, the fungicides Benomyl and Mancozeb and the herbicides Brodal* and Victory when using the surfactant only adjuvant system.
LEOPARD is compatible with Sertin* 186EC, Sertin* Plus and Select* when using the surfactant plus spray oil adjuvant system. When tank mixing LEOPARD and broadleaf herbicides DO NOT use a spray oil, use a surfactant only. Application of the LEOPARD tank mix may result in crop effects. The effect is temporary and usually appears as yellow or white bleaching on the leaves. New growth and subsequent yield, however, will not be affected.
DO NOT add crop oil to tank mixtures of LEOPARD /Brodal. To minimise crop effects: Apply LEOPARD a minimum of 5 days prior to Brodal application or a minimum 10 days after Brodal application (14-21 days if weeds have been stressed).

GROUND SPRAYING
Use sprayers with flat fan or hollow cone nozzles at 210-350 kPa to give an even distribution of droplets with no less than 50% of the spray volume in the 150-300 micron range. 110° flat fan nozzles are preferred. Use between 50 and 100 litres of prepared spray/ha, the higher spray volume gives more reliable results.
If weeds are large and the crop canopy is dense, increase the volume to 150 litres prepared spray/ha.
For proper spray coverage adjust the boom and nozzle height according to the specifications listed by the nozzle manufacturer.
Ensure the spray is evenly distributed and a double overlap spray pattern is obtained. Avoid overlapping boomspray widths and shut off spray booms while starting, turning, slowing or stopping.