UPL introduces first multi-site fungicide for soybeans in Argentina

The multinational UPL opened a new chapter for soybean cultivation in Argentina and presented the first and only multi-site fungicide, a technology that combines Azoxystrobin, Prothioconazole and Mancozeb in WDG formulation and promises "excellent dissolution quality".

The tool acts in eight sites of the fungus cell, and as indicated by the firm, "it has proven to be very effective in the control and management of resistant diseases in soybean cultivation."

During the launch of this fungicide, called GOLDLEAF, the phytopathologist of the Faculty of Agronomy of the University of Buenos Aires, Marcelo Carmona, pointed out that “of the 16 million hectares of soy that are planted, only 40% of fungicides are used on 50% of the surface and in most cases it is applied only once. It seems that there is not a great selection pressure, and yet we are finding resistant pathogens.”

In this regard, the specialist fungicide advisor, Alejandro Porfiri, remarked, “we lose 6% of yield. It is a problem that grows silently.”

Andrés Fabbris Rotelli, manager of Fungicides and Insecticides at UPL Argentina, pointed out, “It is an ideal product to handle resistant pathogens such as cercospora, frog-eye spot and brown spot."

Regarding its dynamics, he explained that Mancozeb is "the backbone" of GOLDLEAF, since it acts in six points of the fungal cell. "Not only is it effective in itself, but it is also an ally to protect other modes of action," Fabbris clarified.