Precision herbicide application technologies to decrease herbicide losses in furrow irrigation outflows in a northeastern Australian cropping system

Davis, Aaron M., and Pradolin, Jordan (2016) Precision herbicide application technologies to decrease herbicide losses in furrow irrigation outflows in a northeastern Australian cropping system. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 64 (20). pp. 4021-4028.

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Abstract

This study compared water quality benefits of using precision herbicide application technologies in relation to traditional spraying approaches across several pre- and postemergent herbicides in furrow-irrigated canefarming systems. The use of shielded sprayers (herbicide banding) provided herbicide load reductions extending substantially beyond simple proportionate decreases in amount of active herbicide ingredient applied to paddocks. These reductions were due largely to the extra management control available to irrigating growers in relation to where both herbicides and irrigation water can be applied to paddocks, coupled with knowledge of herbicide toxicological and physicochemical properties. Despite more complex herbicide mixtures being applied in banded practices, banding provided capacity for greatly reduced environmental toxicity in off-paddock losses. Similar toxicological and loss profiles of alternative herbicides relative to recently regulated pre-emergent herbicides highlight the need for a carefully considered approach to integrating alternative herbicides into improved pest management.

Item ID: 45473
Item Type: Article (Research - C1)
ISSN: 1520-5118
Keywords: PSII inhibitors, ecotoxicity, Great Barrier Reef, precision agriculture
Funders: Australian Government
Projects and Grants: Paddock to Reef Integrated Monitoring, Modeling and Reporting Program
Date Deposited: 29 Jun 2016 07:43
FoR Codes: 41 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES > 4104 Environmental management > 410404 Environmental management @ 50%
41 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES > 4102 Ecological applications > 410299 Ecological applications not elsewhere classified @ 50%
SEO Codes: 96 ENVIRONMENT > 9605 Ecosystem Assessment and Management > 960504 Ecosystem Assessment and Management of Farmland, Arable Cropland and Permanent Cropland Environments @ 50%
96 ENVIRONMENT > 9605 Ecosystem Assessment and Management > 960507 Ecosystem Assessment and Management of Marine Environments @ 50%
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