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Isagro USA Announces EPA Registration of Tenet™ Biorational Fungicide:

SipcamAdvan Appointed as US Distributor:

Morrisville, NC and Durham, NC, February 8, 2010 --  Isagro USA announced today the EPA registration of Tenet™ fungicide, a biorational product to be marketed exclusively in the United States by SipcamAdvan.  

Tenet provides outstanding disease protection in vegetable crops, offering growers excellent control of root and collar rot diseases caused by Phythopthora capsici, Rhizoctonia, Pythium and Fusarium.  Developed by researchers at Isagro in Europe, Tenet fungicide was fully developed and tested in a wide range of crops in the U.S.

A second-generation biorational fungicide, Tenet contains two distinct natural strains of disease-killing microbes --  Trichoderma asperellum and Trichoderma gamsii – both of which are effective in a broad range of temperatures and humidity.  This combination allows Tenet to effectively and consistently protect crops under varying environmental conditions.

Tenet fungicide delivers multiple modes of action against soil-borne root diseases.  The active microbes in Tenet consume harmful root disease organisms, thus preventing crop infection.  Since it contains living microbes, Tenet remains biologically active on plant roots and in the soil giving prolonged disease protection.    

The naturally occurring active ingredients of Tenet help vegetable growers manage residues when they use Tenet as part of their disease control program, easing their worries about export restrictions and rejected crops.

“Tenet fungicide adds an exciting new option in the tool kit growers have available to stay competitive in today’s global agricultural economy,” said Adam Burnhams, SipcamAdvan Vice President of Marketing and Sales.  “This new product launch is part of our commitment to expand our product line and provide growers with flexible solutions as part of their integrated pest and disease management programs.”

“We are very pleased to be working with SipcamAdvan to bring the advantages of Tenet to the US grower,” said Denny Krass, President of Isagro USA.  “The active ingredients in Tenet have been offering superior disease control to European growers for several seasons, and we are delighted those benefits will now be available to US growers. 

About Isagro USA

Isagro USA, Inc. is headquartered in Morrisville, NC (Research Triangle Park) and is a subsidiary of Isagro SpA, based in Milan, Italy. Isagro SpA is a global discoverer, manufacturer, formulator and marketer of crop protection products.

About SipcamAdvan

Sipcam Agro USA, Inc. and its wholly owned subsidiaries Advan LLC, Sostram Corporation and Advan de Mexico provide conventional chemical and biorational solutions to the agriculture, turf and ornamental, home and garden and pest management markets in the U.S and Mexico.

Operating under the brand SipcamAdvan the company develops, registers and markets new and enhanced products, both from the parent company Oxon and from partnerships with other research-based companies. The mission of the company includes marketing a range of biorational products equally as effective, or better than, conventional chemistry.  SipcamAdvan and its subsidiaries are located in the Research Triangle Park area of North Carolina.

Tenet is a trademark of Isagro USA

Contact:

Cathy Fuhrman

Communications Manager

816-401-2151

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http://www.sipcamadvan.com

Greg Leaf

651-271-2511

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www.isagro-usa.com

Tenet is a trademark of Isagro USA.

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More on Soybean White Mold This Year

By XB Yang and S.S. Navi, Department of Plant Pathology

Soybean white mold has been a production problem for soybean producers since early 1990s. White mold outbreaks often occur in even years due to crop rotations, with rare severe occurrences in odd years. Iowa’s cool, wet summer has increased the white mold risk for some growers in eastern Iowa – even though it is an odd year.  Extension field agronomist Virgil Schmitt first reported the occurrence of white mold in east central Iowa and Jim Fawcett, northeast Iowa field agronomist, has received a report of severe white mold in a 60-acre field.

Although many Iowa soybean producers are experienced with this disease, there are questions when it shows up in mid-August. Some are asking if applying chemicals is a solution. Others want to know if an immediate application of a fungicide can stop the infestation of this disease.

The short answer is that it is too late to use any fungicides for white mold control.  It wastes resources if fungicides are applied now.  White mold fungus attacks soybean plants during flowering stage and treatments to protect soybean have to be made before or during the flowering period, depending on chemicals used. The dead plants visible now are the results of fungus infestation that happened before mid-July.

Management
If you have severe white mold in your soybean fields, consider no-tillage if corn is a rotation crop. Another consideration is to use Contan after soybean harvest. Contan is a biological control agent proven to be effective in white mold control in many crops.  A tolerant variety of soybean should be planted in this location during the next rotation or a consideration given to using Cobra, a herbicide that can reduce white mold infection if applied correctly. There are other chemicals in the same family that are effective in reducing the risk of this disease.

Soybean field showing wilt symptoms           Mycelia (a) and sclerotia (b) formation on
due to white mold.                                           white mold infested soybean  plant.   

This article was published originally on 8/15/2009 The information contained within the article may or may not be up to date depending on when you are accessing the information.

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