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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has expanded the list of crops for which Topguard® Fungicide can be used to effectively prevent and control a wide variety of economically important diseases, announces Cheminova, Inc., maker of Topguard.

In January, the EPA approved the addition of grain sorghum and the foliar use in cotton to the Topguard label. This move follows another recent label expansion that added wheat, triticale, pecan and other tree nuts, cucurbits, peppers and eggplant. Topguard, with the active ingredient flutriafol, already had labelling for soybeans, corn, peanuts and sugar beets.

“Topguard exhibits excellent systemic activity and its residual control lasts longer than most other available fungicides,” says Deneen Sebastian, marketing director – North America, for Cheminova. “These properties, plus its two-hour rainfastness, make disease control more effective, complete and longer-lasting.”