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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 50L prepared spray/ha – see section”Ground Spraying”.

BOOM SPRAYING: WINTER GROWING WEEDS: ALL STATES

BEETROOT, CABBAGE, CANOLA, CARROTS, CAULIFLOWER, CHICKPEAS, CLOVER & SUBCLOVER PASTURES, CUCUMBERS≠, FABA BEANS, FIELD PEAS, HONEY DEW MELONS≠, LENTILS, LUCERNE, LUPINS, MEDIC PASTURE, MUNGBEANS, NAVY BEANS, ONIONS, POTATOES, PUMPKINS≠, RADISH, TOMATOES, VETCH
Weeds controlled: Annual Ryegrass (Lolium rigidum), Brome Grasses (Bromus spp)
Weeds stage: 3 leaf to early tillering
Rate: 150 mL/ha or 190 mL/ha
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: 125 mL/ha
Critical comments: Apply when weeds are actively growing*

Weeds controlled: Wild Oats (Avena spp)
Weeds stage: 3 leaf to mid tillering
Rate: 65 mL/ha or 125 mL/ha
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 200 EC Herbicide before the five true leaf stage of Cucumbers, Honey Dew Melons and Pumpkins.

BOOM SPRAYING: SUMMER GROWING WEEDS: ALL STATES

BEETROOT, CABBAGE, CAULIFLOWER, CARROTS, CUCUMBERS≠, GREEN BEANS, HONEY DEW MELONS≠, LUCERNE, MUNG BEANS, NAVY BEANS, ONIONS, PEANUTS, POTATOES, PINEAPPLES, PUMPKINS≠, RADISH, SOYBEANS, SUNFLOWER, TOMATOES
Weeds controlled: Awnless Barnyard Grass (Echinochloa colona), Barnyard Grass (Echinochloa crusgalli)
Weeds stage: 3 leaf to early tillering
Rate: 250 mL/ha or 375 mL/ha
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: 250 mL/ha
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: 125 mL/ha or 190 mL/ha
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: 250 mL/ha
Critical comments: Apply when weeds are actively growing*.

Weeds controlled: Foxtail Millet (Setaria italica)
Weeds stage: 2 leaf to early tillering
Rate: 125 mL/ha or 250 mL/ha
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 x almum), Johnson Grass (Sorghum halepense), Liverseed Grass (Urochloa panicoides)
Weeds stage: 2 leaf to 3 tiller
Rate: 250 mL/ha or 375 mL/ha
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: 125 mL/ha or 250 mL/ha
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: 250 mL/ha
Critical comments: Apply when weeds are actively growing*.

Weeds controlled: Summer Grass (Digitaria ciliaris)
Weeds stage: 3 leaf to early tillering
Rate: 250 mL/ha or 500 mL/ha
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 weeks
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 200 EC Herbicide before the five true leaf stage of Cucumbers, Honey Dew Melons and Pumpkins.

HAND GUN SPRAYING: ALL STATES

BEETROOT, CABBAGE, CAULIFLOWER, CANOLA, CARROTS, CHICKPEAS, CLOVER & SUBCLOVER PASTURES, CUCUMBERS≠, FABA BEANS, FIELD PEAS, GRAPES, GREEN BEANS, HONEY DEW MELONS≠, LENTILS, LUCERNE, LUPINS, MEDIC PASTURE, MUNGBEANS, NAVY BEANS, NON CROP ONIONS, PEANUTS, PINEAPPLES, POTATOES, PUMPKINS≠, RADISH, SOYBEANS, SUNFLOWERS, TOMATOES, VETCH
Weeds controlled: Awnless Barnyard Grass (Echinochloa colona), Crowsfoot Grass (Eleusine indica)
Weeds stage: 3 leaf to early tillering
Rate: 65 mL/ha

Weeds controlled: Paspalum (Paspalum dilatatum)
Weeds stage: Seedling to Established Clumps
Rate: 65 mL/ha

Weeds controlled: Johnson Grass (Sorghum halepense)
Weeds stage: Seedling 2 leaf to early tillering
Rate: 65 mL/ha
Weeds stage: Rhizome 2 leaf to early tillering
Rate: 125 mL/ha

Weeds controlled: Kikuyu (Pennisetum Clandestinum)
Weeds stage: Seedling to Established plants
Rate: 125 mL/ha

Critical comments: Apply when weeds are actively growing. Use a minimum of 800L of prepared spray/ha. Thoroughly wet target weeds (especially well established clumps) without causing runoff. Repeat spraying 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

≠IMPORTANT: DO NOT apply LEOPARD 200 EC Herbicide before the five true leaf stage of Cucumbers, Honey Dew Melons and Pumpkins.

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, MUNGBEANS, NAVY BEANS, SOYBEANS, VETCH: DO NOT GRAZE OR CUT FOR STOCK FEED FOR 4 WEEKS AFTER APPLICATION.
CLOVER, MEDIC PASTURES (EXCEPT LUCERNE): 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 200 EC Herbicide is an emulsifiable concentrate herbicide used post emergence for the control of certain grass weeds in specified broadleaf crops.
LEOPARD 200 EC Herbicide 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.

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 200 EC Herbicide to cucurbit crops before the five true leaf stage.

Spray Preparation
If spray equipment has been previously used for the application of sulfonylurea herbicides eg (Metsulfuron methyl), chlorsulfuron, thifensulfuron methyl, triasulfuron, ensure that the recommended sprayer equipment procedure for the product previously applied has been followed, before using the equipment for the application of LEOPARD 200 EC Herbicide. LEOPARD 200 EC Herbicide is an emulsifiable concentrate to be mixed with water and applied as a spray. Add the required amount of LEOPARD 200 EC Herbicide directly to the spray tank and mix well. If mixing with mancozeb or carbendazim, add these to the spray tank and mix thoroughly PRIOR to adding LEOPARD 200 EC Herbicide. If spray solution has been left standing for more than 3 hours ensure thorough re-agitation before commencement of spraying.
DO NOT allow spray mixture to stand overnight, as re-suspension may be difficult.

Use of a Surfactant/Wetting Agent
LEOPARD 200 EC Herbicide may be used with either of the following adjuvant system:
1) A methylated and/or ethylated seed crop oil (e.g. Hasten†) at 1 L/100L of final spray volume (i.e. 1% v/v).
2) A non-ionic surfactant (1000 g ai/L), Wetspray® at 200 mL/100L of final spray volume (i.e. 0.2% v/v).
DO NOT use LEOPARD 200 EC Herbicide with mineral based crop oils (e.g. D-C-Trate†) or non-methylated spray oils of crop origin (e.g. Codacide† oil, Synertrol† oil) as spray adjuvants.

Compatibilities
LEOPARD 200 EC Herbicide is compatible with the herbicides sethoxydim and clethodim. The recommended surfactant/wetting agent is the methylated and/or ethylated seed crop oil adjuvant system. LEOPARD 200 EC Herbicide is compatible with the insecticides deltamethrin, omethoate, dimethoate, methomyl, endosulfan, the fungicides carbendazim and mancozeb and the herbicide clopyralid when using the methylated and/or ethylated seed crop oil adjuvant system. LEOPARD 200 EC Herbicide is compatible with the herbicide diflufenican when using the non-ionic surfactant only adjuvant system. DO NOT add crop oil to tank mixtures of LEOPARD 200 EC Herbicide /diflufenican. Application of LEOPARD 200 EC Herbicide /diflufenican tank mix may result in crop effects, which usually appear as yellow or white bleaching on the leaves. New growth and subsequent yield, however, will not be affected.
To minimise crop effects apply LEOPARD 200 EC Herbicide a minimum of 5 days prior to diflufenican application or a minimum 10 days after diflufenican application. (14-21 days if weeds have been stressed).

Ground Spraying
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.
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. 1100 flat fan nozzles are preferred. For proper spray coverage adjust the boom and nozzle height according to the specification listed by the nozzle manufacturers. 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, slowing or stopping.

Sprayer cleanup
Thoroughly clean all traces of LEOPARD 200 EC Herbicide from application equipment immediately after use. Flush tank, pump, hoses and boom with several changes of water after removing nozzle tips and screens (clean those parts separately). Failure to thoroughly clean the equipment may result in injury to subsequently sprayed cereal and grass crops.
If spray equipment has been previously used for the application of sulfonylurea herbicides eg (Metsulfuron methyl), thifensulfuron methyl, chlorsulfuron, triasulfuron ensure that the recommended sprayer cleanup procedure of the product previously sprayed has been followed before using the equipment for the application of LEOPARD 200 EC Herbicide.

RESISTANT WEEDS WARNING
LEOPARD 200 EC Herbicide is a member of the “Fop” (aryloxyphenoxy propianate) group of herbicides. LEOPARD 200 EC Herbicide has the inhibitors of acetyl coA carboxylase mode of action. For weed resistance management LEOPARD 200 EC Herbicide is a Group A herbicide. Some naturally occurring weed biotypes resistant to LEOPARD 200 EC Herbicide and other Group A herbicides may exist through normal genetic variability in any wed 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 200 EC 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 failure of LEOPARD 200 EC Herbicide to control resistant weeds. Strategies to minimise the risk of herbicide resistance are available. Consult your farm chemical supplier, consultant, Adama Australia Pty Ltd Representative or local Department of Agriculture or Primary Industries.

PRECAUTION: RE-ENTRY
DO NOT allow entry into treated areas until the spray has dried. When prior entry is necessary, wear chemical resistant gloves. Clothing must be laundered after each day’s use.