DuPont Dermacor® is classified as “slightly toxic” in Brazil

Besides having obtained the registration two months ago in Brazil for use in new crops and plagues, the Dermacor® insecticide, recommended for the treatment of corn and soybean seeds, received from official agencies the toxicological classification IV – slightly toxic regarding human health. When registered on emergency basis, last year, the agrochemical has received a more restrictive registration, the blue strip, which is equivalent to moderately toxic, now replaced by the green color on the packages.

Other modification related to the definitive registration of Dermacor® is available for the commercialization of white color for the seed treatment in rural properties. In order to do so, according to DuPont, it is needed to add a coloring agent, an operation that does not affect the performance nor the mode of action of the product, says the company.

A cutting-edge technology introduced in Brazil last year, Dermacor® is indicated for the control of foliar and soil plagues on corn and soybeans. It is the first insecticide for seed treatment in the Brazilian market belonging to the revolutionary chemical class of Anthranilic Diamides.

According to agronomist Érico Cardoso, marketing manager of Seed Treatment at DuPont, the soybean crop Diamidas Antranílicas is recommended for the preventive plague management of Elasmopalpus lignosellus and Phyllophaga cuyabana, as well as foliar caterpillars such as Helicoverpa armigera, Spodoptera frugiperda and Anticarsia gemmatalis.

On corn seeds, adds the executive, the DuPont insecticide controls preventively the foliar plague Spodoptera frugiperda and the soil plagues Phyllophaga cuyabana and Lyogenes fusca.

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

Studies on experimental fields made by DuPont, prior to the obtaining of the official registration of Dermacor®, have demonstrated that the application of the product resulted in significant gains of efficiency and productivity on both conventional and GMO corn and soybeans.

Cardoso evaluates that other important benefit associated to Dermacor® is the fast establishment of a treated crop. “The plant grows strongly and it is more tolerant to the weather because the seed reaches its maximum genetic expression,” explains the executive.

According to DuPont, the Dermacor® seed treatment is applied through low dose and presents a long residual effect and high selectivity to the natural enemies of the plague. Applied with alternation with other insecticides, stresses the company, the product has an important role at resistance plague management to active ingredients of agrochemicals sold in Brazil.