New active ingredient adds early blight control to Revus potato fungicide

Date:03-31-2011

Syngenta announced today that Revus Top™ fungicide is now available for use in potatoes. Revus Top is a co-pack of Revus® fungicide and difenoconazole, a new Group 3 triazole fungicide. Revus fungicide controls late blight in potatoes. The addition of difenoconazole will also protect plants against early blight, another pervasive potato plant disease.

"Revus should play a part of potato growers’ spray program, applied at critical periods to control late blight. For growers who also experience early blight pressure, Revus Top will be a valuable option, also providing protection from this disease,” explains Tara McCaughey, Technical Crop Manager for Syngenta Canada. “By controlling both key potato diseases, Revus Top optimizes the effectiveness and the efficiency of a grower’s fungicide applications.”

Following application, the translaminar movement of difenoconazole results in both contact and residual disease control. This movement also contributes to the fungicide’s effectiveness at low use rates. As part of the Revus Top co-pack, difenoconazole will be available in a liquid formulation (250 g/L emulsifiable concentrate). Revus Top is crop-safe and rainfast after drying.