Research Triangle Park, North
CArolina
May 5, 2009
BASF Turf & Ornamentals today
announced that Pageant™ fungicide received full state
registration in California. Combining two fast-acting active
ingredients – boscalid, an active ingredient newly registered
for ornamentals, and pyraclostrobin, the active ingredient in
Insignia® fungicide – Pageant gives growers more disease control
with one application than any other registered fungicide.
“Growers everywhere are seeking competitive advantages,
including those that help control input costs and boost profit
margins,” said Dr. Toni Bucci, Business Manager, BASF Turf &
Ornamentals. “With Pageant fungicide, growers are able to do
more with one disease control application to positively impact
their bottom line and produce healthier plants.”
As the ornamentals industry’s broadest spectrum foliar
fungicide, Pageant has activity on all four classes of fungi and
provides excellent control of pythopthora and downy mildew
diseases. Its formula starts working within minutes of
application, inhibiting fungal respiration at two separate sites
within the mitochondria of fungal pathogens. In effect, it
creates a “double lock-down” on the respiration and energy flow
within targeted fungi.
Pageant is labeled for use in greenhouses, lathhouses and
shadehouses, containers (bench, flats, plugs, pots), outdoor
nurseries, retail nurseries, forest and conifer nurseries and
plantations, golf courses, residential and commercial landscapes
and interiorscapes.
For more information about BASF Turf & Ornamentals visit
www.betterplants.com
and www.betterturf.com.
With sales of €3,137 million in 2007, BASF’s Crop Protection
division is a leader in crop protection and a strong partner to
the farming industry providing well-established and innovative
fungicides, insecticides and herbicides. Farmers use these
products and services to improve crop yields and crop quality.
Other uses include public health, structural/urban pest control,
turf and ornamental plants, vegetation management, and forestry.
BASF aims to turn knowledge rapidly into market success. The
vision of BASF’s Crop Protection division is to be the world’s
leading innovator, optimizing agricultural production, improving
nutrition, and thus enhancing the quality of life for a growing
world population. Further information can be found on the web at
www.agro.basf.com.
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BASF Corporation, headquartered in Florham Park, New Jersey, is
the North American affiliate of BASF SE, Ludwigshafen, Germany.
BASF has more than 15,000 employees in North America, and had
sales of approximately $17.5 billion in 2008. For more
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BASF is the world’s leading chemical company: The Chemical
Company. Its portfolio ranges from chemicals, plastics and
performance products to agricultural products, fine chemicals
and oil and gas. As a reliable partner BASF helps its customers
in virtually all industries to be more successful. With its
high-value products and intelligent solutions, BASF plays an
important role in finding answers to global challenges such as
climate protection, energy efficiency, nutrition and mobility.
BASF posted sales of more than €62 billion in 2008 and had
approximately 97,000 employees as of the end of the year.
Further information on BASF is available on the Internet at
www.basf.com.
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Pageant is a trademark of BASF. Insignia is a registered
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