Resistance

In this episode, Hamish Mulcock, Portfolio Manager at ADAMA New Zealand, introduces Tower, a new pre-emergent herbicide for wheat and barley designed to strengthen weed control and support resistance management in arable systems. As herbicide resistance continues to challenge growers, Hamish explains how Tower brings a new active ingredient to the New Zealand market, chlortoluron, alongside pendimethalin and diflufenican, delivering three complementary modes of action in one application.

Chemical resistance in pesticides was a hot topic at the Institute of Agricultural and Horticultural Science (NZIAHS) symposium, recently held at Lincoln University, where scientists discussed the topic of nature fighting back. Words Tom Ward.