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FORMULATION & ACTIVE INGREDIENT: AXIAL is an emulsifiable concentrate containing 100 g/l (9.8 % w/w) pinoxaden and 25 g/l (2.45 % w/w) cloquintocet-mexyl

TARGETS: Controls wild oats and rye-grasses in winter and spring wheat and winter and spring barley. Controls black-grass in winter and spring barley as part of an integrated control strategy.

RAINFASTNESS: 1 hour

RESTRICTIONS
Do not use on oats.
Do not spray crops under stress or to crops suffering from waterlogging, pest attack, disease or frost.
Do not spray crops undersown with grass mixtures.
Rain within one hour after application may reduce grass weed control.
Do not allow spray to drift onto neighbouring crops of oats, rye-grass or maize.
Avoid the use of hormone-containing herbicides in mixture or sequence with AXIAL.
When AXIAL is applied first, leave 7 days before applying hormone herbicides. If hormone containing products are applied first, leave 21 days before AXIAL is applied.

GENERAL INFORMATION
AXIAL is a foliar acting grass weed killer for the control of wild oats, Italian rye-grass and perennial rye-grass (from seed) in winter and spring wheat and winter and spring barley. It is an ACCase inhibitor, also classified by the Herbicide Resistance Action Committee as ‘Group A’. AXIAL also controls black-grass in winter and spring barley as part of an integrated control strategy.

WEEDS CONTROLLED
AXIAL controls wild oats, Italian rye-grass and perennial rye-grass (from seed) in winter and spring wheat and winter and spring barley. For control of black-grass in winter and spring barley, AXIAL must be used as part of an integrated control programme, for example following a pre-emergence treatment.

RESISTANCE MANAGEMENT
This product contains pinoxaden which is an ACCase inhibitor, also classified by the Herbicide Resistance Action Committee as ‘Group A’.
Use only as part of a resistance management strategy that includes cultural methods of control and does not use ACCase inhibitors as the sole chemical method of grass weed control.Applying a second product containing an ACCase inhibitor to a crop will increase the risk of resistance development; only use a second ACCase inhibitor to control different weeds at a different timing. Strains of some annual grasses (e.g. black-grass, wild-oats and Italian rye-grass) have developed resistance to herbicides which may lead to poor control. A strategy for preventing and managing such resistance should be adopted. Guidelines have been produced by the Weed Resistance Action Group and copies are available from the HGCA, CPA, your distributor, crop advisor or product manufacturer.
Key aspects of the AXIAL resistance management strategy are:
Always follow WRAG guidelines for preventing and managing herbicide resistant grassweeds.
Do not use AXIAL or any other ACCase inhibitor as the sole means of grass weed control in successive crops.
Use grass-weed herbicides with different modes of action throughout the cropping rotation.
To reduce the risk of developing resistance, applications should be made to young, actively growing weeds.
Use tank/product mixes or sequences of herbicides with different modes of action within individual crops, or successive crops.
Monitor weed control effectiveness and investigate any odd patches of poor grass weed control. If unexplained, contact your agronomist who may consider a resistance test appropriate.
Use crop rotation and other cultural control measures to prevent and manage herbicide resistant grass weeds.
Only apply AXIAL once per crop. AXIAL has no residual activity. Optimum weed control will only be achieved when all grass weeds have emerged. The activity of AXIAL is not affected by soil type, organic matter or straw residues. AXIAL does not control broad-leaved weeds and if these are present a specific broad-leaved weed herbicide will be required. AXIAL is not recommended for the control of black-grass in winter wheat or spring wheat.

CROP SPECIFIC INFORMATION
Crops
AXIAL can be used on all varieties of winter and spring wheat and winter and spring barley.

Timing
Spray in the autumn, winter or spring from two true leaves (GS12) to before flag leaf sheath extending stage of the crop. Spraying should be done when the majority of weeds have germinated, but before weed competition reduces yield.

Rates of use
Apply AXIAL at 0.3-0.6 litres per hectare, always in mixture with ADIGOR adjuvant. The dose rate of AXIAL depends on target grass species and season. Winter and spring wheat and winter and spring barley Wild oats – apply 0.3 litres per hectare AXIAL from 1st leaf unfolded to flag leaf ligule visible. Italian rye-grass and perennial rye-grass (from seed) – apply 0.45 litres per hectare AXIAL from 1st leaf unfolded to flag leaf ligule visible. Where applications are made to rye-grasses no larger than the 2 tiller stage (GS22) a dose of 0.3 litres per hectare may give acceptable levels of control. Always use as part of a weed control programme including other products active against ryegrasses.

Winter and spring barley
Black grass – apply 0.45 litres per hectare AXIAL up to and including 31st December, or 0.6 litres per hectare AXIAL from 1st January up to the 7 tiller stage GS27. Always use in sequence with other products with different modes of action that are active against blackgrass and as part of an integrated weed control programme.

Use of adjuvants
AXIAL must always be used with ADIGOR adjuvant. The adjuvant should be applied at 0.5% concentration of spray volume, however this may increase to a maximum concentration of 1% of the spray volume where water volumes lower than 200 litres/ha are used.

FOLLOWING CROPS
There are no restrictions on succeeding crops in a normal rotation.
In the event of a crop failure after application of AXIAL, 4 weeks should elapse after application before rye-grass, maize, oats or broad-leaved crops are planted as replacement crops.

MIXING AND SPRAYING
Mixing Procedure
Make sure the sprayer is set to give an even application at the correct volume. Fill the spray tank with half the required volume of water and begin agitation. Add the required amount of AXIAL to the spray tank and allow to disperse before adding any other product. Add the rest of the water and continue to agitate the mixture thoroughly. Always agitate during spraying.

Spray Quality
Apply AXIAL using a conventional fan nozzle producing a spray quality at the finer end of the medium range as defined by the British Crop Protection Council. Do not use pre-orifice and air induction nozzles as these may give reduced control, which in high weed populations can prove unacceptable. A spray pressure of 2–3 bars is recommended.

Spray Volume
Spray AXIAL in 100–400 litres of water per hectare.

COMPATIBILITY
Tank mixes with some broad-leaved weed specific sulfonyl-urea herbicides can reduce black-grass control. Other grass weeds can be affected if AXIAL is applied at reduced rates. For specific information consult Syngenta UK Limited.
The products should be added separately to the bulk of water in the spray tank. Continuous agitation should be maintained and the products used immediately after mixing.

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