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title: FACT SHEET - BASF Arsenal Super Herbicide for Councils - 220601
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# FACT SHEET - BASF Arsenal Super Herbicide for Councils - 220601

> Technical Sheet

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Arsenal Super®
Herbicide

Municipal Management of Unwanted Vegetation

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Arsenal Super
Herbicide

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## Long lasting, cost-effective control of unwanted vegetation for up to six months

Arsenal Super is a low-volume knockdown and pre-emergent herbicide ideal for long-term grass and broadleaf weed control beside roads and in numerous other situations managed by councils.

Arsenal Super is registered and suitable for use in a range of municipally managed situations, including:
*   along rail lines and roadways
*   around buildings
*   along firebreaks
*   along fence lines
*   within irrigation channels
*   in rights of way
*   on waste land

The Arsenal Super label now includes application instructions for high-volume spraying by hand gun and knapsack as well as medium-volume boom applications.

When applying as a foliar spray for pre and post emergent control where significant weed biomass is present, water volumes of 1000 L/ha are recommended to ensure adequate soil penetration.

## Features and benefits
*   Cost-effective alternative to glyphosate
*   Effective grass and broadleaf weed control for up to 6 months
*   Compatible with a range of other herbicides including Basta®
*   Now registered for high-volume (knapsack and handgun) as well as low-volume (boom) application

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Arsenal Super
Herbicide

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## Favourable environmental toxicity profile
Arsenal Super has a favourable environmental toxicity profile. Arsenal Super is considered practically non-toxic to mammals and birds and practically to slightly toxic to fish and aquatic insects.

### Toxicity profiles

| Risk category | Mammals Acute oral or dermal LD50 (mg/kg) | Birds Acute oral (mg/kg) | Fish and aquatic insects Acute LC50 (mg/L) |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Practically non-toxic | >2,000 | >2,000 | >100 |
| Slightly toxic | 5001–2,000 | 501–2,000 | >10–100 |
| Moderately toxic | 51–500 | 51–500 | >1–10 |
| Highly toxic | 10–50 | 10–50 | 0.1–1 |
| Very highly toxic | 2000 |
| Dermal toxicity LD50 | >5000 |
| Inhalation | Non-toxic |
| Eye irritation | None |
| Skin irritation | None |
| Skin sensitiser | Mild or slight |
| Mutagenicity | None |
| Teratogenicity | None |

Source: Herbicide handbook of the WSSA – Eighth edition, 2002

## Proven standalone or tank mix partner
As this graph based on 2017 trials in South-east Queensland shows, Arsenal Super – used standalone or in a tank-mix – provides superior post-emergent and pre-emergent control compared to other residual herbicide products.

[Chart: % brownout over 6 months. X-axis: 7 DAYS, 28 DAYS, 56 DAYS, 84 DAYS, 112 DAYS, 140 DAYS, 168 DAYS. Y-axis: 0 to 100 % Brownout. Bars show performance of Arsenal Super (6L/ha), Glyphosate 360 (2L/ha) + Arsenal Super (6L/ha), Glyphosate (2L/ha) + Simazine 900 (48kg/ha), and Simazine 900 (48kg/ha).]

100% grass and broadleaf weed cover at application.
All treatments were applied in 1000L/ha water. Letters above bars represent significant differences at p=0.05.

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Arsenal Super
Herbicide

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## Superior formulation
The powerful chemistry of Arsenal Super’s ‘Transport Technology’ accelerates the absorption and translocation of the active ingredient through the plant. The graph below shows that Arsenal Super with ‘Transport Technology’ had over 50% uptake within 24 hours after treatment. In comparison, it took six days to achieve the equivalent levels of uptake with imazapyr alone.

[Chart: % ai absorption vs hours post treatment. Line graph shows Arsenal Super reaching higher absorption levels faster than imazapyr.]

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