Syngenta Crop Protection’s pea and dry bean seed treatment Cruiser Maxx Pulses has now been cleared for use in Canada as a treatment for chickpeas, lentils, lupins and faba beans.
Cruiser Maxx Pulses, a combination of active ingredients thiamethoxam, metalaxyl-M and fludioxonil, is offered as a co-pack of Cruiser 5FS and Apron Maxx RTA or Apron Maxx RFC.
The pulse-crop product is available through commercial seed care treaters as part of a closed system application, the company said.
“This is good news for pulse growers across Canada, particularly those in Saskatchewan, who are facing a growing threat from pests and diseases such as wireworm and fusarium,” Syngenta seed care brand manager Paul Allen said in the company’s release Friday.
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“Cruiser Maxx Pulses has already proved to be a cost-effective preventative treatment for peas, so we are very pleased to extend this protection across other pulse crops this year.”
Cruiser Maxx Pulses is registered for early-season control of wireworm. The treatment is also meant for seed protection against crop diseases such as seed-borne ascochyta blight and foot rot, seed rot and damping-off caused by Pythium spp., Rhizoctonia spp. and Fusarium spp. and seed rot and seedling blight caused by seed-borne Botrytis spp.
Syngenta Crop Protection, the Guelph-based Canadian arm of the Swiss chemical and seed company, noted Cruiser Maxx’s added registrations take effect in time for the 2010 growing season.
