Corteva announces launch of LumiTreo fungicide for seed treatment in Brazil

Corteva Agriscience has announced exclusively to AgroPages the launch of the LumiTreo seed treatment (ST) fungicide. 

The manufacturer said this solution features three active ingredients: oxathiapiprolin, picoxystrobin, and ipconazole.

The company stated that this is an ″innovative″ technology because the first two molecules are being used for the first time in soybean seed treatment. The formulation technology of the three actives makes the product a ″robust and effective tool for resistance management,″ said Diego Rorrato, Seed Treatment Product Leader for Corteva Agriscience in Brazil and Paraguay. 

″As a result, soybean seeds better maintain their intrinsic characteristics, favoring stand establishment and, consequently, higher yield potential,″ he explained.

With a label for five soybean crop diseases, LumiTreo acts from the seed onwards to control root rot and damping-off (Rhizoctonia solani); Fusarium root rot (Fusarium pallidoroseum); anthracnose transmitted by seeds (Colletotrichum truncatum); seedborne dry rot (Phomopsis sojae); and Phytophthora root rot and oomycetes (Phytophthora sojae). The product's mode of action is by absorption through the seed and translocation through the root system and the aerial part of the plants during the early stages of development.

Over the last five years, during the research and development process of LumiTreo, field trials were conducted in 15 regions of Brazil. In the tests focused on controlling soybean root rot and damping-off, the product provided increased plant vigor, observed even from the flowering stage. 

″The new solution combines Corteva’s reliability with its expertise in seed-applied technology to promote better results in the field,″ the multinational said. 

Corteva's Seed Treatment Leader told AgroPages that the launch involved ″advanced development processes and rigorous testing.″

″LumiTreo is another innovation that strengthens the work of Brazilian farmers and the productivity of their crops by protecting their most valuable asset: the seed,″ he emphasized. 

According to Rorrato, the product has a ″broad spectrum of control, does not cause phytotoxicity, and can preserve the initial reserves of soybean plants.″

Tests to analyze the product's effectiveness were conducted at Corteva's Seed Applied Technology Center (CSAT). Located in Formosa in the Brazilian state of Goiás, the Center is the company's first in Latin America and the second globally. 

According to the multinational, the facility provides knowledge and services to enhance the production and investment of multipliers, internal brands, and growers.

(Editing by Leonardo Gottems, reporter for AgroPages)

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