FMC launches Malathion 1000 EC insecticide for Brazilian coffee plantations

FMC announced exclusively to AgroPages the launch in Brazil of the insecticide Malathion 1000 EC. 

According to the manufacturer, the new product has ″high efficacy and shock effect″ for controlling the coffee borer (Hypothenemus hampei). 

″Technology and innovation are fundamental to improving crop health and increasing the quality of grains, especially for coffee crops,″ FMC told AgroPages.

According to the multinational agrochemical company, the Malathion 1000 EC formulation has fast action and causes a dislodging effect on the borer. ″Research with Malathion in coffee plantations demonstrated 5% less brocaded grains than market standards. This is largely due to the shock effect, which does not generate an imbalance of other pests,″ stated Luís Grandeza, coffee culture manager at FMC.

According to him, with this solution, it is possible to promote control ″the way the producer likes, with the results he needs in the field: more quality and profitability.″ He stated that Malathion still has benefits such as half-life in the soil, degradation of around 90% in less than 24 hours, low withdrawal period, and action through contact and ingestion. With this different mode of action, FMC recommended Malathion to rotate active ingredients in coffee plantations to avoid resistance to insecticides. 

The manager highlighted that the integration of assets contributes to management. ″This is an accessible product for application in the adult age of the drill, which begins during the transit phase in the field due to its high shock capacity.″

Luís also highlights that it is possible to integrate Malathion and Benevia (Cyantraniliprole), another renowned FMC insecticide. ″The borer is migratory, and mechanized harvesting leaves some grains on the tree, which become inocula for the pest from one year to the next, contributing to the beginning of the infestation,″ Grandeza highlighted. Therefore, he explained, Malathion is necessary for initial control, leaving the work of residuality with a long period of control to Benevia. 

″This integrated process will reduce the quantity of brocaded grains in crops, and the consequence is an increase in the final quality of the harvested grains. A perfect marriage,″ the manager concluded, highlighting that Malathion was already being sold throughout Brazil.

(Editing by Leonardo Gottems, reporter for AgroPages)

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