Is crown rot devastating your durum or wheat yields? Finally, a solution is here!
Syngenta’s Victrato is a new seed treatment registered to give management of crown rot in wheat, durum wheat, and barley. You can check out the label and details on Syngenta’s website here.
What’s in Victrato?
Victrato’s active ingredient is 200g/L of Cyclobutrifluram, which is a group 7 fungicide. This means resistance may become an issue, so care will need to be taken with subsequent fungicide use.
How does Victrato stack up?
As crown rot infection begins early during the seedling stage, Syngenta targeted Victrato as a seed treatment option to provide lasting crop protection. Particularly in a drier season, the presence of fusarium crown rot will have a bigger impact on crops as it restricts the plants’ ability to utilise the required water to fill grain, leading to the common visible symptoms of whiteheads and pinched grain. In trials, Victrato is showing excellent crop and seed safety and outperforms current seed treatments to reduce crown rot symptoms and increase yields. The product provides optimal soil movement and systemic activity to provide targeted protection, allowing growers to increase their returns while minimising risks.
Why use Victrato?
Crown rot is proving to be a growing challenge for cereal producers and is now being found in vast areas of the wheat belt with significant production losses. Syngenta has conducted over 300 trials nationwide, showing yield improvements in 89% of trials that have utilised the product. Four out of five times the product was used, it correlated to a yield increase that provided a positive return on investment.
Growers are being encouraged to conduct PREDICTA*B tests to determine their inoculum levels. Results can then help make decisions regarding crop and varietal choices for a more resilient integrated management approach. This can then be complemented by the new Victrato technology in the future.
You will need a VRN to purchase.
Syngenta has announced that growers will require a unique VICTRATO® Reference Number (VRN) for purchases. They reason that good stewardship is vital to upholding standards, such as integrated management practices and safe handling and application, to avoid the development of resistance. Prior to purchase, growers will need to demonstrate ‘that they understand the product label and its requirements by completing a quick online stewardship program through myNGR.’ This is similar to the Reflex RRN system they implemented in the last couple of years.
Click here to access information on the VRN process for growers.
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For more info on Victrato, click here.
For more info on crown rot, click here.
