Ihara launches Sugoy fungicide for soybeans in Brazil

Ihara revealed to AgroPages the launch of the fungicide Sugoy to control the primary diseases of the soybean crop.

According to the manufacturer, it is an ″overwhelming product, which promises to revolutionize the management of Asian rust (Phakopsora pachyrhizi), target spot (Corynespora cassiicola), anthracnose (Colletotrichum truncatum), and powdery mildew (Microsphaera diffusa).″

Ihara claims that Sugoy is an ″innovative technology in Brazil″, and that the product presents ″high performance in controlling the main diseases in the crop.″

″For the first time in the country, farmers will be able to count on a single product, with systemic power and overwhelming contact in the fight against rust, target spot, anthracnose, and powdery mildew,″ the manufacturer assured.

According to IHARA's Regional Marketing manager, Roberto Rodrigues Jr., Sugoy ensured simultaneous control of the crop's primary foliar diseases more practically and effectively.

″In addition to the wide and effective control, this unique solution brings a series of other advances in practicality in the application, reduction of errors in the preparation of the mixture, among many other advantages that will directly result in the productivity and profitability of the cultivation,″ he pointed out.

Robert Rodriguez Jr. highlighted the fact that Sugoy is the technological solution with the broadest spectrum of targets registered for soy in the domestic market.

″Another critical factor is that it also contains the protector in its formulation, something that the market has never seen and that contributes even more to resistance management,″ he added.

The control of fungal attacks and the feared DFCs (End of Cycle Diseases) demand special attention from soybean producers.

In the last harvest, investment in fungicides accounted for 25% of the soybean farmer's total outlay on pesticides.

Until now, producers had to resort to specific products for each of the four main targets in a control that implied an average of 4.8 treatments with fungicides.

According to Rodrigues, the arrival and rapid spread of Asian rust to Brazilian soybean crops required decisive action by farmers.

However, prioritizing the control of this target was reflected in the gradual increase in the incidence of other foliar diseases.

″Having such a complete and effective solution – both in action on the incidence and in preventive management – is an innovation that will bring much more practicality and efficiency to the control of the health and productivity of the crops,″ he said in conclusion.

(Editing by Leonardo Gottems, reporter for AgroPages)