Triaxe Barley Trial

Evaluation and comparison of Axi-chems Triaxe fungicide with market leaders Aviator Xpro and Prosaro in barley.

Dumbleyung, WA, 2017

Summary

This trial was established on David Gray’s AgroAdvantage trial site near Dumbleyung, Western Australia. The purpose of the trial is to compare and evaluate Triaxe with the market leading fungicides Aviator and Prosaro. Triaxe is a 3-way mix of 250g/L AZOXYSTROBIN, 125g/L EPOXICONAZOLE AND 130g/L TEBUCONAZOLE. 

The request for this trial came after planting. Hence we sprayed the three products perpendicularly over an existing lime trial. As a result we did not get any yield or grain quality results. 

20 tillers were pulled from each treatment and the top three leaves rated as a % leaf area infected. The only disease present during this trial was spot and net form of blotch. Aviator Xpro provided the greatest disease control followed by Prosaro and then Triaxe. However the differences were very slight and their performance comparable.

Methodology

Trial Layout

Experimental Design

Design:Commercial DemonstrationReplications:1Plot length:20mPlot Width:4m

Site, Crop and Application Details

Assessment Methods

Assessment Date:Assessment08/09/2017Disease Rating + photographs

Data Analysis

Due to the single replication nature of this trial no statistical analysis was performed on this data. Therefore results must be interpreted with caution. However we believe they accurately represent what was observed. 

Results

% Leaf Area Infected

% Incidence

Conclusion

This trial has demonstrated, albeit non-statistically, that Triaxe has performed comparably to Prosaro and Aviator Xpro. The 3rd oldest leaf seemed to have a slightly larger (+2.8%) infected area on the Triaxe treatment which suggests that it began to lose activity before the two other products. 

Appendix 

Rainfall

Photos