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New potato pesticides announced

Potato growers will have two more crop protection options next year.

 

Two pesticides, a joint fungicide-insecticide seed-piece treatment dubbed Emesto Complete and a fungicide-nematicide called Velum Rise, passed Canada’s regulatory bar in late September.

Both come from Bayer Crop Science and are based on previous products. The company announced the Canadian registrations Sept. 19.

The broad-spectrum seed treatment bases its insect control on clothianidin (Group 4), while its defence against fungal disease is drawn from prothioconazole (Group 3) and penflufen (Group 7), according to its registration.

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