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GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS
THIS PRODUCT MUST BE INCORPORATED INTO THE SOIL WITHIN 4 HOURS OF APPLICATION, WHERE THE CROP IS SOWN WITH MINIMUM TILLAGE SOWING EQUIPMENT (FITTED WITH KNIFE POINTS OR BLADES LESS THAN 12MM WIDE, USUALLY WITH PRESS WHEELS) WHERE APPLICATION MAY OCCUR UP TO 24 HOURS BEFORE INCORPORATION BY THE SOWING PROCESS.INCORPORATION TABLE
1. Prior to furrowing out: 2 workings at an angle required using Offset or Tandem disc harrows.
2. After furrowing out: 2 workings required using Go-Devil discs or Lilliston cultivators set at 10 cm depth.
3. Rotary Hoe: 1 working required at 5 - 7.5 cm depth.
Sugar Cane: 7.5 - 13 cm depth.
4. Offset or Tandem Disc Harrows: (preferably with spiked harrows in tandem) 2 workings at an angle required at 7.5 - 15 cm depth at 6.5 - 10 km per hour.
5. Heavy Diamond or Stump Jump Harrow: (weighted 20 - 30 kg per section) at 10 - 13 km/hr speed. Then cross work with offset or tandem disc harrows set to 7.5 - 15cm depth at speed 6.5 - 10 km per hour.
6. Weighted Heavy Diamond or Stump Jump Harrow: (weighted 20 - 30 kg per section) at 10 - 13 km/hr speed. Cross work with combine at 5 - 7.5 cm depth at speed 10 - 13 km per hour.
7. Disc Ratoon Cultivator: 2 workings needed with discs and cultivator set at 7.5 - 13 cm depth.
8. Offset or Tandem Disc Harrows: set at 7.5 - 15 cm depth. A second discing is required working opposite direction with discs set to throw treated soil into tree or vine row.
9. Rotary Hoe: 1 working needed at 5 - 10 cm depth.
10. Offset Discs (Bumpers): 2 workings needed at depth of 7.5 - 13 cm.
11. Incorporation by sowing (IBS) on suitably prepared seed bed with heavy diamond harrows trailing or as a separate operation.
12. Post-sowing/Pre-emergence: Use heavy diamond harrows cross working at right angles to the direction of sowing. Do not attempt this method of incorporation on poorly prepared, clumpy or cloddy soils.
13. Incorporation by sowing (IBS) with knife or blade points. Use press wheels to avoid dragging treated soil back into the seed furrow. Maintain slow to moderate speed to ensure that soil throw is not into adjacent furrows.

INCORPORATION TABLE 13.
Note: (a) Knife or blade point systems can result in poor weed control in the seed furrow as chemical displacement from this zone occurs. Stubble coverage above 40% - 50% ground cover can reduce weed control below acceptable levels. (b) A knife or blade point of 12 mm or less, has no wings, inverted T or blade, and is generally placed on a minimum (20 cm) 8 inch tyne spacing.

MIXING
This product is an emulsifiable concentrate which mixes readily with water. Add the recommended amount to the spray tank during filling operation and apply 70 - 450 L of water per hectare (broadcast basis) dependent on soil type. Under hot conditions or where possible, spray and incorporate into the soil in one operation. Delay may cause inferior weed control. Use properly calibrated standard low pressure (170 - 340 kilopascal) boom type sprayer with fan tips.
Ensure adequate agitation is continued throughout the operation. Leaving the prepared spray mixture for long periods of time without agitation is not recommended.

CONDITIONS FOR BEST RESULTS
This product must be thoroughly incorporated as recommended. Soil should be well worked and free of weeds at time of application. Product effectiveness may be reduced by inadequate incorporation, high organic matter, excess clods, crop or trash residues, stones or other foreign matter and in areas of unnaturally high weed seed population such as header tracks or livestock rest areas. Treflan Herbicide is volatile and disappears from exposed surfaces. Loss is hastened by high temperatures, winds or warm moist soil.

INTEGRATED WEED MANAGEMENT
The use of Integrated Weed Management (IWM) techniques in conjunction with Treflan Herbicide is always recommended. Agronomic practices that reduce the weed seed bank in the soil prior to the use of Treflan Herbicide will result in higher weed control levels from Treflan Herbicide. Failure to use Agronomic and IWM practices that reduce the weed seed bank in the soil will result in higher weed seed populations. Paddocks with excessively high weed seed banks may have sufficient weed numbers surviving such that final weed control may be considered below a commercially acceptable level and additional herbicide treatments may be necessary. The use of IWM techniques will also reduce the potential for the development or survival of Group D herbicide resistance weed biotypes.

WILD OATS
Germinating wild oat seeds lying on soil surface will be controlled. Therefore, specific oat control is only possible with shallow cultivation. Poor control will occur on self-mulching soils and all soil types where deep cultivation is practised.

COMPATABILITY
This product may be mixed in the spray tank with:
Herbicides: Broadstrike, Spinnaker, chlorsulfuron, cyanazine, diuron, metribuzin, paraquat, simazine, triasulfuron and triallate.
Insecticides: Lorsban 500 EC, endosulfan.
NOTE:
1.   As formulations of other manufacturers’ products are beyond the control of Dow AgroSciences all mixtures should be tested on a small scale before mixing in the spray tank.
2.  Tank mixing instructions:
Fill the spray tank 1/4 full of water and agitate. Add wettable powders and water dispersible granules first. Agitate until these are uniformly dispersed, meanwhile adding water until the tank is 90% full. Add suspension concentrates (flowables) then soluble concentrates. Emulsifiable concentrates go in last. Top off the tank with water and continue agitation until all the ingredients are properly mixed. Observe any mixing sequence instructions mentioned on the tank mix products.

EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE AND USAGE
Keep the spray unit for herbicides only if possible. Otherwise, spray tanks, pumps, lines and nozzles should be thoroughly rinsed several times with clean water following application.
Spraymate® Tank & Equipment Cleaner is suitable for this purpose and will also remove Treflan Herbicide stains.

RESISTANT WEEDS WARNING
Treflan Herbicide is a member of the dinitronilines group of herbicides. Treflan Herbicide has the inhibitors of tubulin formation mode of action. For weed resistance management, Treflan Herbicide is a Group D herbicide.
Some naturally-occurring weed biotypes resistant to Treflan Herbicide and other Group D 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 Treflan Herbicide or other Group D herbicides. Since the occurrence of resistant weeds is difficult to detect prior to use, Dow AgroSciences accepts no liability for any losses that may result from the failure of Treflan Herbicide to control resistant weeds.
Strategies to minimise the risk of herbicide resistance are available. Contact your farm chemical supplier, consultant, local Department of Agriculture, or local Dow AgroSciences representative.