Corteva has introduced a new active ingredient to the Canadian market that protects against a wide range of crop diseases.
Kirsten Ratzlaff of Corteva said the company’s new active ingredient, adavelt, is a florylpicoxamid/FRAC group 21 and the first broad-spectrum picolinamide fungicide for use against ascomycota pathogens.
“Adavelt active is a novel fungicide active that’s been developed by Corteva Agriscience for many years,” Ratzlaff said.
“It’s a unique group 21 active ingredient and it will be in our new fungicide that will be branded as the Zetigo PRM.”
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Zetigo PRM is a multiple mode of action fungicide that also contains pyraclostrobin, a group 11 active, and it recently received registration for anthracnose in lentils for the 2023 growing season.
Ratzlaff said she anticipates it will be registered for more pulse crops in Western Canada for the 2024 growing season.
“We have an introductory volume available, really targeting lentil growers given the registration, and plan a full launch for the 2024 season with the broad label for the greater pulse crop segment,” Ratzlaff said.
She said having two modes of action, and especially the inclusion of a broad-spectrum picolinamide fungicide, will help growers manage resistance.
“This is really going to be a very completely different type of fungicide for pulse growers in Western Canada,” Ratzlaff said.
“It features a very novel target site of action, in that way there is really no cross-resistance to other types of modes of action — so, making it really a strong resistance management tool when we think about the need for new actives that work differently, and new groups particularly in this market.”
