TwinLine™ and Caramba™ fungicides from BASF registered for cereals

By

Amber Shirley, Nick Fassler, Ken Deibert

Contact: Dr. Amber Shirley    E-mail: amber.shirley@basf.com

Summary:

With the registration of TwinLine™ fungicide and Caramba ^TM fungicide, earlier this year from the Environmental Protection Agency, BASF continues to strengthen its portfolio of wheat fungicides for growers and aerial applicators.  These new fungicides, for use on cereals, provide growers with broad-spectrum activity on rust, head scab and other major cereal diseases. TwinLine, the new multi-benefit cereal fungicide, combines two robust active ingredients into one, easy-to-use premix formulation.  TwinLine contains the active ingredients pyraclostrobin, the same active ingredient in Headline^® fungicide, and metconazole.  When applied at flag leaf, TwinLine offers growers unsurpassed control of destructive cereal diseases while improving Plant Health - increased growth efficiency, improved stress tolerance, and harvestability.   Caramba provides excellent activity against head scab.  Head scab is one of the most destructive wheat diseases that, if left uncontrolled, can cause tremendous losses by reducing grain yield and quality.  In 2008, TwinLine was applied on grower farms as part of a large scale demonstration program and Caramba was applied for head scab in wheat.  Aerial applicators who applied these products found them very ease to use.  Both TwinLine and Caramba are EC formulations labeled for aerial applications at 2 GPA and greater on cereals.  Application information, aerial applicator experiences, and results from the TwinLine demonstration program will be presented.

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