Middlebury, Connecticut. USA
August 5, 2009
Chemtura® has received
U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) registration for a novel soybean seed-applied
fungicide, RANCONA Summit. RANCONA Summit is a "step change" for
soybean seed treatment which gives growers the ability to access
all the distinctive seed and seedling disease protective
features ofRANCONA in a ready-to-use product for soybeans.
RANCONA Summit has contact as well as systemic activities and is
highly efficacious against a majority of seed and soil-borne
fungi which cause seed decay, damping-off and seedling blight in
the plant pathogenic fungal classes of Zygomycetes,
Ascomycetes, Basidiomycetes, and Fungi Imperfect (Deuteromycetes).
RANCONA Summit is a combination, ready-to-use product for
soybeans which contains ipconazole, the same active ingredient
as RANCONA 3.8 FS, and metalaxyl for pythium protection.
RANCONA Summit is a microdispersion formulation which is
specially designed for soybean crops. It is an extremely low
viscosity product which is much thinner than other flowable crop
protection products.
This superior formulation is easier to work with and provides
good seed coloration, exceptionally low dust off, uniform
coverage and excellent flowability of treated seeds for enhanced
plantability.
"RANCONA Summit has proven to be outstanding for soybean
seedling protection, combining excellent control of a wide range
of important seed and soil-borne diseases including phomopsis,
pythium as well as Fusarium and Rhizoctonia, which
results in vigorous seedlings for improved stand establishment
that can result in higher yields," said Mike McFatrich, North
American Business Lead for Seed Enhancements, Chemtura.
"With the inclusion of metalaxyl in this ready-to-use product,
the grower has a complete soybean seed fungicide product that
will outperform established and recent soybean seed treatment
fungicide offers," added McFatrich.
"The introduction of RANCONA Summit, coupled with the 2008 EPA
registration of RANCONA 3.8 FS, gives growers, dealers and
genetic suppliers an alternative to established and recently
introduced fungicide seed treatment products that is a step
change in seed and seedling protection for soybeans and as well
as dry beans," said McFatrich.
"The release of these new seed treatment technologies is
intended to provide product choices to meet flexible treating
requirements for those growers and dealers producing and
servicing these targeted crops."
For more information about RANCONA Summit, visit
www.tracechemicals.com.
RANCONA Summit label.
Chemtura Crop Protection, a division of the Chemtura
Corporation, is a global leader in seed treatment and miticides,
producing agricultural products that increase crop yield and
improve crop quality |
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