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Proprietary
formulations New
and
SipcamAdvan
Products to
pre-
Products US market
mixtures
Bio-rationals
– a new
generation
• Sclerotinia control
• Soybeans , dry
Contans
beans
• Lettuce and others
Crop
Protection
standard
products • Disease control
ActinoGro Row crops
Proprietary
New
formulations SipcamAdvan
and Products
Products to Cocoon • Sun protection
US market
pre-mixtures
Fireline and
• Fire Blight Control
Firewall
Bio-rationals
– a new
generation
New • New biofungicide
fungicides coming that
and protects crops from
insecticides root rots
New Fungicide for White Mold - Contans ®
– Soil-active : works in the soil or on crop
residue attacking Sclerotinia, the source
of the disease, before it infects plants
– Exempt from EPA requirements for food
tolerance means no plant back or
rotational crop issues
– Zero hour re-entry interval
– Huge interest this year - White Mold
can reduce yield by more than 50%
Contans® -Controlling White Mold in Dry Beans
and Soybeans
Coniothyrium minitans.
Sclerotia
per m²
Oilseed-rape
every 3
years
After infection of
oilseed-rape (once)
Treatment with
Contans®WG
after infection
year
Efficacy of Contans®WG
90
untreated
control
76.2
80
Contans
WG
68.8
70
63.5
56.4
60
survived
sclero<a
(%)
50
43.8
40
33.8
30
17.7
20
6 7
10
loca<on
and
<me
of
the
trials
Efficacy of Contans®WG toward the sclerotia of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum in the soil
2009 White Mold Outbreak
• Damp weather and cool temperatures
have caused a major outbreak of white
mold on soybeans in OH for the 1st time in
almost a decade according to researchers.
• ND, MN, IA, WI, IL, IN, OH, and MI have
reported incidence of the disease due to
the cool, wet summer.
Contans® WG
Untreated52 61 bu/A
bu/A
Contans®WG
Glucose
.
• Coniothyrium minitans
• 109 spores/g
• 1 - 2 lb/acre
Source file:
„White mold in Soybean“
P. Hart
Michigan State University, 1998
Inoculum = Apothecia in a
soybean field
Mode of Action
Spores of C. minitans
Sclerotium
germ tube
Source:
A.
v.
Tiedemann,
K.
Hedke
&
R.
Mögling
Dept.
of
Phytomedicine,
Faculty
of
Agriculture,
University
of
Rostock,
Germany
Thank You!