Jan 23, 2013

Fontelis registered in California

The California Department of Pesticide Regulation has completed the 30-day public posting process for DuPont Fontelis fungicide in California. Federal registration for Fontelis was granted in 2012.

“The introduction of Fontelis to the California market will help growers meet increased demand for protecting valuable crops from a wide range of production-limiting diseases,” said John Chrosniak, regional director, North America, DuPont Crop Protection. “This new fungicide is another example of how DuPont Crop Protection is using market-driven science to help growers deal with the unexpected and provide nutritious, bountiful food to help feed the growing global population.”

California fruit and vegetable crops, including lettuce, tomato and other specialty crops, will benefit from the fungicide’s broad-spectrum preventive and curative properties. The new active ingredient in Fontelis delivers strong, reliable control of diseases such as alternaria leaf blight, powdery mildew, brown rot, lettuce drop, botrytis and leaf spot. Research has shown that Fontelis reduces disease incidence, and as a result, helps increase yields and provide higher-quality produce compared to other fungicide programs, according to DuPont.

In lettuce, Fontelis reduced lettuce drop pressure by an additional 25 percentage points compared to the leading fungicide program, reducing disease incidence from 53 percent in untreated plots to 18 percent. Fontelis is effective at low use rates and offers growers the option to use rates that best fit their target crop and disease concerns, according to DuPont.

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