DuPont Brazil obtained registration for Dermacor® seed treatment

DuPont Brazil Crop Protection received this week the definitive registration of Dermacor® insecticide to control foliar and soil plagues on corn and soybean crops. Launched in 2014, this cutting-edge technology was already used successfully during the last season provisionally to control the caterpillar Helicoverpa spp. on corn and soybeans. It is the first insecticide, belonging to the revolutionary chemical class Anthranilic Diamides, to treat seeds.

According to agronomist Érico Cardoso, marketing manager for Seed Treatment of DuPont for soybeans, Dermacor® is now recommended for the preventive management of soil plagues such as borer and white grub as well as initial foliar caterpillars Helicoverpa armigera, Spodoptera frugiperda and Anticarsia gemmatalis.

On corn crops, the DuPont insecticide obtained the registration to do a preventive control of a foliar plague Fall Armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) and the soil plagues called Phyllophaga cuyabana and Lyogenes fucus.

According to Cardoso, the seed treatment Dermacor® also brings consistent results when applied to the control of foliar and soil plagues on transgenic grains at Bt soybeans and Bt corn.

“In these cases, the management contemplates the synergy between seed technologies and agrochemicals, aiming the plant protection right at the beginning of the crop cycle,” explains the manager of DuPont. “The seed represents a higher investment of the farmer in the harvest, hence the importance of the strategy used in its treatment for crop profitability,” he emphasizes.

Field studies made by DuPont, prior to the official registration of Dermacor®, have shown that on the conventional crops as well as on the GMO the application of the new product resulted in significant gains on efficiency and productivity on corn and soybeans.

Cardoso also says that another important benefit associated to Dermacor® is the rapid establishment of the treated crop. “The plants grows stronger and is more tolerant to the weather because the seed reaches the maximum of its genetic expression,” Cardoso explains.

According to DuPont, the Dermacor® seed treatment is applied on a low dose, presenting a prolonged residual effect and a high selectivity to the natural friends of the plague. Applied alternately with other insecticides, highlights the company, the product has an important role on the resistance of plague management to the active ingredients sold in Brazil.