BASF released Orkestra fungicide in Brazil

BASF has recently released its new fungicide Orkestra™ SC in Brazil, Agrolink reports. The fungicide aims to combat mainly soybean rust. According to data from the Consortium Anti-rust, coordinated by the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (Embrapa Soja), Rio Grande do Sul led the cases of rust in the 2012/2013 harvest with more than 115 cases.
 
Orkestra™SC integrates portfolio of BASF’s high-tech products and sustainable agriculture. The innovation of this fungicide is the active ingredient Xemium® - carboxamide, the latest generation of BASF, which acts differently on the respiratory system of fungi, contributing to handling of diseases resistance.
 
This fungicide composes the integrated handling model with AgCelence® Soy System, which in addition to plant disease control also contributes to a better processing of water, light and nutrients into energy and grains, improving plant efficiency and it can increase productivity by 10%.
 
The new molecule - carboxamide
 
Orkestra™SC had its registration granted in late September by the Department of Agriculture (MAPA). BASF’s recommendation indicates the use as a prevention disease fungicide, in order to provide a better performance at handling the disease, contributing to fungal control resistance by the application at the beginning of the reproductive stage of the plant.
 
"The big news of Orkestra™SC is the active ingredient carboxamide, with a differential ingredient over the others available in the market for the last 10 years, which are mostly strobilurin-based," says Carlo Luz, Marketing for Extensive Crops Manager at BASF’s Protection Cultivation Unit in Brazil. "The advantage for the producer is related to disease management, because when switching the application of fungicides, allows better protection to plants making them less exposed to the fungi. The product is available and can already be used this season," adds Sergio Zambon, Technical Market Development Manager at BASF’s Protection Cultivation Unit in Brazil.