2008 FUNGICIDE
UPDATE

■ Manufacturer: BASF

Brand Name: Headline (Label Change—now registered for cotton)
Active Ingredient: Pyraclostrobin Crop Designation: Cotton.
Application Practice: Foliar.
Application Rate: 6 to 12 fluid ounces per acre.

A foliar application of Headline provides protection against diseases so cotton plants are not stressed during the peak production period. Target diseases on the label include foliar and boll rot diseases.

■ Manufacturer: Makhteshim Agan of North America (MANA)

Brand Name: Bumper 41.8 EC (Label Change—Label changed to add additional crops, diseases and recommendations. EPA registration in place. CA expected first quarter 2008; N.Y. later in the year)
Active Ingredient: Propiconizole
Crop Designation: Soybeans; Vegetables—carrots, celery and leaf petioles subgroup, cranberries, mint, onions (including garlic, shallots); Citrus, Trees, Nuts and Vines—almonds, pecans and other nut crops (including beechnut, Brazil nut, butternut, cashew, chestnut, filbert/hazelnut, hickory, macadamia, pistachio, walnut), bananas and plantains, numerous berry crops (including blueberry, blackberry, raspberry), plumcots, strawberries; Other—sorghum, numerous diseases in turfgrasses.
Application Practice: Preventive and/or curative disease control.
Application Rate: 2 to 8 oz per application depending on crop (see new label).

Bumper retains original registrations for Cereals (Wheat, Barley, Rye, Triticale, Oats), Citrus, Corn (Field, Seed, Popping), Grasses Grown for Seed, Peanuts, Pecans, Pineapple, Rice and Wild Rice, Stone Fruit, Sugarbeets, and Sugarcane, but adds the following: Soybeans: Control of Aerial Web Blight (Rhizoctonia solani), Anthracnose, Brown Spot, Frogleye Leaf Spot, Soybean Rust. Sorghum: Control of Ergot. Almonds: Control of Anthracnose, Brown Rot Blossom Blight. Berries: Control of Mummyberry, Leaf Spot and Stem Canker, Powdery Mildew, Leaf Spot, Cottonball. Carrots: Control of Leaf Blights, Powdery Mildew. Celery and Leaf Petioles Subgroup: Control of Early Blight, Late Blight. Cranberries: Control of Cottonball. Filberts: Control of Eastern Filbert Blight. Onions (Dry Bulb and Green), Garlic Shallots: Control of Purple Blotch. Pistashios: Control of Botrysphaeria Panicle, Shoot Blight. Plumcots (and Apricots, Cherries, Nectarines, Peaches, Plums, Prunes): Control of Brown Rot Blossom Blight, Powdery Mildew, Cherry Leafspot, Rust, Fruit Brown Rot. Strawberries: Control of Anthracnose, Leaf Spot, Powdery Mildew, Leaf Rust. Other Tree Nuts (Beechnut, Brazil Nut, Butternut, Cashew, Chestnut, Chinquapin, Hickory, Macadamia, Walnut): Control of foliar diseases. Mint (OR and WA west of Cascades): Control of Rust. Turfgrasses: Dollar Spot, Anthracnose, Brown Patch, Powdery Mildew, Rust, Red Thread, Pink Patch, Stripe Smut, Gray Leafspot, Melting Out, Leaf Spot, Summer Patch, Poa Patch, Take-All Patch, Spring Dead Spot, Necrotic Ring Spot, Snowmold (Gray and Pink), Fusarium Patch, Yellow Patch, Zoysia Patch, Dichondra Rust.

■ Manufacturer: Makhteshim Agan of North America (MANA)

Brand Name: EQUUS 720 SST and EQUUS DF (Label Changes—new supplemental label granting federal and California registration on almonds, asparagus, blueberry, mango and non-bearing strawberries.)
Active Ingredient: Chlorothalonil Crop Designation: Vegetables—asparagus; Citrus, Trees, Nuts and Vines—almonds, blueberry, mango, non-bearing strawberries as a transplant dip.
Application Practice: Effective in dilute or concentrate sprays with uniform coverage.
Application Rate: EQUUS SST 1 to 4 pints per acre, depending on crop and disease conditions; EQUUS DF 1.8 to 3.6 pounds per acre, depending on crop and disease conditions.

New supplemental labels and EPA registrations for EQUUS DF and EQUUS SST fungicides to grant federal and California registration on almonds, asparagus, blueberry, mango and non-bearing strawberries as a preplant drip for transplants.

■ Manufacturer: Makhteshim Agan of North America (MANA)

Brand Name: NEVADO 4F (Label Change—New federal and California product registration.)
Active Ingredient: Iprodione Crop Designation: Cotton; Peanuts; Vegetables—beans, broccoli, carrots, dry bulb onions, garlic, Chinese mustard (Florida only), leaf and head lettuce, potatoes; Citrus, Trees, Nuts and Vines—almonds, stone fruit (apricots, cherries, nectarines, peaches, plums, prunes), berries (except blueberries), grapes, strawberries; Other—ginseng.
Application Practice: Foliar fungicide or as seed treatment in carrots.
Application Rate: 1-2 pints per acre depending on crop and target pest. 4 ounces per acre in garlic.

Federal and California registration for new iprodione fungicide against a broad spectrum of key diseases in cotton, peanuts, fruit, nut and vegetable crops and as a seed treatment in carrots.

■ Manufacturer: Syngenta Crop Protection

Brand Name: Quilt (Label Change—Quilt fungicide has had two product label changes: The EPA has approved Section 3 registration for use on soybeans and it has approved a reduction of the minimum GPA and re-entry interval required for aerial application in corn, cereals, rice, wheat and grasses.)
Active Ingredient: Azoxystrobin and propiconazole Crop Designation: Corn; Soybeans; Wheat; Rice; Other—grasses, cereals.
Application Practice: May be used as a foliar fungicide. Application Rate: Cereals, corn: 7 to 14 ounces per acre, grasses: 14 to 27.5 ounces per acre, soybeans: 14 to 20.5 ounces per acre.

Soybean: Originally approved in 2005 for use in the United States as a Section 18 Quarantine Exemption on soybeans for control of Asian soybean rust (ASR), Quilt has a proven track record of helping to rid fields of ASR and other soybean diseases in both South America and the United States. By combining azoxystrobin, the active ingredient contained in Quadris, and propiconazole, the active ingredient found in Tilt, Quilt offers two modes of action to prevent and control disease while enhancing plant performance and yield. Corn, cereals, rice, wheat and grasses: Quilt fungicide can now be applied with a minimum of 2 gallons of water per acre (GPA) water volume for aerial applications, and the re-entry interval (REI) is now only 12 hours, giving growers and retailers a more convenient option for control of foliar diseases in corn, cereals, rice, wheat and grasses. The new spray water volume, reduced from a minimum of 5 GPA, helps increase efficiency for aerial applicators. A lower spray water volume reduces the volume carried on the plane, increasing the number of acres covered while still providing the same level of broad-spectrum disease control. In addition, the REI was reduced from 24 hours to 12 hours, allowing for greater application and crop production flexibility.

■ Manufacturer: Valent U.S.A. Corporation

Brand Name: Domark Fungicide (Label Change—in 2007, Domark received a full Section 3 label)
Active Ingredient: Tetraconazole Crop Designation: Soybeans
Application Practice: Domark can be applied through ground spray, air spray or chemigation application to protect soybean crops from rust. The first application can be applied during the R1 stage, unless rust appears earlier. Application Rate: 4 to 5 fluid ounces per acre.

Domark Fungicide has received a Section 3 registration from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Soybean farmers can now use Domark to achieve Maximum Harvest Value and protect their soybeans from yield-robbing diseases such as frogeye, purple seed stain, brown spot and many other diseases including Asian soybean rust. “Domark maximizes harvest value which means disease protection, ease of harvest and crop safety—resulting in higher yield and increased profit,” Jamie Nielson, Domark product manager said. “An additional key advantage Domark has over its competitors is that there are no harvest issues from green stems.” With the Section 3 registration, Domark is fully registered and can be used for broad spectrum disease control in soybeans which translates into Maximum Harvest Value.

■ Manufacturer: Valent U.S.A. Corporation

Brand Name: Presidio Fungicide (New Product—Pending Registration)
Active Ingredient: Fluopicolide Crop Designation: Vegetables—fruiting and leafy vegetables, head & stem brassica, leafy brassica greens and cucurbits; Citrus, Trees, Nuts and Vines—grapes. Application Practice: Pending Registration.
Application Rate: Pending Registration.

Presidio Fungicide provides fast, targeted control of downy mildew, late blight and Phytophthora root, crown and fruit rots. To vegetable or grape growers with crops threatened by Phytophthora capsici (phytophthora root rot), Phytophthora infestans (late blight) or downy mildew, Presidio is the best fungicide because only Presidio is a highly effective, breakthrough chemistry with a novel mode of action.