Fairway Selective Herbicide

Adama Fairway Selective Herbicide

Selective broadleaf weed control

Product overview
Fairway is a broadleaf herbicide containing 280 g/L MCPA, 140 g/L bromoxynil and 40 g/L dicamba. It is registered for the control of dicot weeds in a wide range of recreational turf situations. Fairway can be used on a large number of established turf varieties, including Common Couch, Qld Blue Couch, Kikuyu, Paspalum, Fescue, Bentgrass and Ryegrass.

A key feature of Fairway is that it provides quick weed knockdown as well as being one of the broadest spectrum broadleaf weed herbicides available on the market, registered to control 11 weeds. Fairway contains a dual mode of action for improved performance and resistance management.

Benefits

• More effective performance. Resistance management benefits
• Will get the job done on most broadleaf weed species
• Visible results within a shorter period of time. Newer products can take longer to work
• Controls broadleaf weeds at most stages of development
• Can effectively be used to target the toughest weeds in your turf management situation
• Safe on most key turf types on the market
• Better complies with manual handling requirements 
• Easier to use in spray tank mixing operations.

Mode of action
Bromoxynil, one of the active ingredients in Fairway is a fast-acting nitrile herbicide (Group C) that works on contact by inhibiting photosynthesis in target plants. The compound is readily absorbed into leaves with little to no downward movement to other plant parts. Susceptible weeds quickly die from the build up of molecules that destroy cell membranes.

The other 2 active ingredients in Fairway is MCPA and dicamba (Group I). These active ingredients are hormone-type selective herbicides in the phenoxy category. MCPA and dicamba provide systemic activity through leaf and root absorption. They upset the normal hormone balance within the plant. Auxin mimic herbicides cause unregulated plant growth, resulting in symptoms on susceptible plants that include growth and reproduction abnormalities (especially on new growth). Broadleaf weed species exhibit stem and petiole twisting (epinasty), leaf malformations, parallel venation, crinkling, leaf strapping, stem callus formation, and stunted root growth. Plant death is gradual, due to unconstrained mobilization of reserves, however generally symptoms are observed within 7 – 14 days following application.