Gowan acquires Canadian marketing rights for Confirm insecticide

Gowan Canada, LLC has been granted the Canadian crop protection marketing rights for Confirm(R) 240F Agricultural Insecticide by Nippon Soda Co. Ltd. and plans to start distributing the product immediately. Nippon Soda Co. Ltd. acquired the brand and its active ingredient -- tebufenozide -- from Dow AgroSciences on March 31 of this year.

Confirm(R) controls a broad spectrum of external Lepidopteran pests across a wide range of crops, including apples, cranberries, pears and greenhouse lettuce, peppers, tomatoes and ornamentals. Key pests controlled by Confirm(R) include cabbage loopers, codling moth, European corn borer, fireworm, green pug moth, obliquebanded leafroller, sparganothis fruitworm, spotted tentiform leafminer, and winter moth .

"Confirm(R) is an excellent product for control of external Lepidopteran pests early in the growing season," noted Gowan product manager Eric McEwen. "While very effective against target pests, it’s soft on most beneficial species and has a low impact on aquatic organisms."

McEwen added that Confirm(R) fits well into integrated pest management (IPM) programs as well as resistance management strategies.