PACE Pesticide dose adjustment for orchards

3. Assess whether dose adjustment is appropriate

• If pest or disease risks are high, then apply the pesticide at the label dose.
• Reduction of label dose may be appropriate for low to medium pest or disease risk situations.
• Note that if you reduce the dose the manufacturer’s warranty on the efficacy of the product may no longer apply.
• Check that any additional application requirements do not compromise target water volumes.
• Consider that the label dose should give acceptable biological efficacy: for the worst-case canopy density and growth-stage associated with the selected orchard standard (1) and pesticide (2).
• The label dose adjustment may be determined by ticking the done box and proceeding to consider the adjustments for canopy density (4) and height (5).
• PACE will automatically generate dose adjustment results for the following generic pesticide types: products with a pre-blossom label dose, scab fungicides, all other products.