Expodireto 2024 – High soybean rust pressure is ADAMA's focus

This season, controlling soybean rust has been one of the major concerns in southern Brazil, which is facing a different and more challenging scenario compared to the previous season.

During Expodireto 2024, ADAMA showcased new fungicide technologies for managing this main disease of soybeans in Brazil.

Due to the El Niño weather phenomenon, southern Brazil has been experiencing high soybean rust pressure throughout the territory, compared to last year when the presence of the disease was mostly localized.

In the 2023/24 season, 103 cases of soybean rust were recorded in the state of Rio Grande do Sul alone, with 66 cases in January and February, according to data from the Antiferrugem Consortium.

Although there are still no numerical data on productivity loss due to soybean rust, ADAMA stressed that the potential loss caused by the disease could reach close to 90% of productivity, depending on the severity level of the disease in the area.

Considering this scenario, ADAMA highlighted to producers the importance of using complete solutions with high efficacy and technology in their formulations, which deliver better performance.

The highlight of the Israeli multinational’s participation at Expodireto was the recently introduced fungicide, Almada (Fluxapyroxad + Mancozeb + Propiconazole).

″The proper use of robust tools with a broad spectrum of control, such as Almada, the only ready-to-use fungicide on the market with an exclusive technology, has become essential to protecting the productive potential of soybeans,″ said Eduardo Martinez, Fungicide Product Manager at ADAMA.

Ranked for the second consecutive year as the most effective fungicide in controlling soybean rust in the ″Network Consortium - Rust,″ Almada has been recording yields of over 3,400 kilograms (kg) of soybeans per hectare.

According to evaluations by the consortium, ADAMA's fungicide delivers more than 2.4 sacks than the second-ranked compound it evaluated.

″Due to its potent formulation technology, ADAMA’s fungicide minimizes losses from diseases in soybean cultivation, delivering higher productivity and more control,″ Martinez said.

″It is still necessary to follow all good disease management practices, such as rotating active ingredients and chemical groups, respecting application intervals, applying them in the best weather conditions, and properly preparing the spray solution,″ he added.

(Editing by Leonardo Gottems, reporter for AgroPages)