Guelph, Ontario
March 29, 2006
This season
root crop producers will have access to a product for the
control of Rhizoctonia diseases in all the major root
crops. The expansion of the Quadris label to include root crops
provides producers with a more comprehensive label to meet their
production needs, including greater flexibility and superior
disease protection.
“Minor uses, pending final label approval, have
been received for the use of Quadris on carrots, oriental
radish, horseradish, rutabaga, turnip, garden beet and radish
for the control of Rhizoctonia root rot, crown rot and
stem canker,” says Tara McCaughey, technical crop manager,
Syngenta Crop Protection
Canada, Inc. “In addition, Quadris has also received
registration for use on sweet and field corn for rust control.”
For root crop producers, Quadris will continue to
provide disease protection when and where it’s needed. A
flexible application period – either in-furrow at seeding or as
a banded application over the row soon after planting – provides
growers with an extended application period, while still
allowing for preventative control.
A first defense against disease, Quadris has
proven to provide unbeatable, preventative control of
Rhizoctonia in potatoes, sugar beets and ginseng. With the
additional root crops under this minor use, Quadris will
continue to extend the zone of soil protection to stop disease
before it has a chance to establish, ensuring the best possible
start for your crop.
“Rhizoctonia rot has been identified as a
priority problem in carrots, beets and radishes in Ontario,
Quebec and Prince Edward Island. And up until now, there has
been nothing available that would manage it,” says Jim Chaput,
provincial minor use coordinator, Ontario Ministry of
Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs. “This new minor use
addresses a key problem for producers of these crops because
this is the first product available for control of this
particular disease.”
The new registration for control of rust on sweet
and field corn will also provide producers with an additional
option for disease control. By beginning Quadris applications
prior to disease establishment, the fungicide’s unique movement
within the plant will provide producers with consistent
wall-to-wall protection of their crop’s leaves and stem.
“The minor use label additions of these root
crops and registration for sweet and field corn is a positive
addition for producers this spring,” says Jonathan McDooling,
Eastern Canada horticultural crop manager for Syngenta Crop
Protection Canada, Inc. “It means producers now have access to a
more comprehensive label to meet their crop protection
requirements for a full range of crops.”
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