T0 FUNGICIDES BENEFIT FROM ARMA

• Winter wheat was well established last autumn and most have strong root systems and good yield potential which needs protecting.
• At least one in five growers has adopted a T0 spray to provide protection against early diseases. In the South and Southwest a much higher proportion of farmers use a T0 spray.
• A T0 treatment is applied at around Growth Stage 30-31 and is an insurance spray to reduce or delay Septoria, mildew and rusts and to ease the pressure at T1 timing. This year there are reports of high disease inoculum being carried over from last year.
• Key fungicides used at T0 are protectants, such as chlorothalonil or mancozeb, in combination with low dose triazoles. If mildew is present, a specific mildewicide is added.
• With the continuing concerns about Septoria resistance, the multi-site fungicides, chlorothalonil and mancozeb, are important products to incorporate into any disease control programme.

Arma Will Enhance Both Chlorothalonil And Triazole Fungicides At T0 Timing

• Trials with chlorothalonil in tank-mix with either epoxiconazole (Opus), kresoxim-methyl + epoxiconazole (Landmark) or azoxystrobin (Amistar) clearly show that the addition of Arma results in even more yield.
• An Amistar + Bravo treatment resulted in an extra yield benefit over the untreated of 31% but with the addition of Arma this rose to 34%.
• Landmark plus Bravo gave 36% more yield over the untreated, but with the addition of Arma this was raised to 41%.
• Opus plus Bravo gave a 25% yield improvement over untreated and with Arma in the tank this increased to 29% more grain.
• This extra benefit from Arma pays for itself many times over and ensures the best performance and better persistence from contact fungicides and their partner triazoles.

Septoria Control - Opus + Bravo and Arma

Arma Benefits Right Across The Tank Mix

Arma will also benefit all components in the tank-mix – contact fungicides, triazoles fungicides, strobilurin fungicides, growth regulators, broad-leaved weed herbicides and grass-weed sulphonyl urea herbicides.