Cereal growers will have the option of a powerful new weapon in their fungicide armoury next spring after BASF’s unique SDHI fungicide Xemium was approved by the Chemicals Regulation Directorate.
“We are delighted to be able to announce that the formulated product Adexar, containing Xemium and epoxiconazole, has been registered in the UK ahead of schedule and will be available for use next spring,” BASF’s cereal fungicide product manager, Peter Hughes, said. “From submission in December 2009 to the final registration in October 2011 represents a significant achievement for the work and dedication from the R&D team.”
Adexar contains 62.5g/lit Xemium and 62.5g/lit epoxiconazole and is approved for use in wheat, barley, oats, rye and triticale. It is a one-can solution for all cereal crops keeping life simple for agronomists and farmers.
“In wheat, Adexar’s primary strengths are its extraordinary yield contribution and tremendous Septoria control, it is co-formulated with epoxiconazole so it will also plug the rust gap seen with some of the existing SDHIs on the market.”
In barley, it is said to be a very strong all-rounder with excellent control of all barley diseases, including Rhynchosporium, net blotch, rust and Ramularia.
“It is the strongest fungicide we have ever developed for barley and 2011 trials are more often than not showing it to be the highest yielding treatment of the SDHIs,” Mr Hughes added.
For more information visit: www.xemium.co.uk.
