Domark Fungicide Receives EPA Registration
23 September 2011 Valent USA Corporation and Isagro S.p.A. have announced that Domark Fungicide has received registration from the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for use on field corn, popcorn and seed corn, according to a press release.
Domark is a triazole chemistry, making it a unique option with both systemic and contact activity for a corn segment where strobilurin fungicides are predominant. As a triazole, Domark has preventive and curative activity, while strobilurins are limited to preventive control, according to the release. Additionally, Domark is more effective than other triazoles against a broader range of diseases in soybeans and corn, including leaf spots (gray leaf spot, eyespot), rusts (common, southern) and leaf blights (anthracnose, southern corn leaf blight) in corn.
“Resistance management is a top-of-mind issue for many corn growers who are limited to mostly strobilurin products,” said Gerald Holmes, Valent field market development specialist in a statement. “Domark will provide corn growers with a much-needed triazole mode of action from a product they can count on for excellent disease control.”
Since its introduction in the United States, Domark has been an effective tool in the control and prevention of major soybean diseases such as white mold, frogeye leafspot and purple seed stain—without causing green stems at harvest, according to the release. Holmes said that in corn trials conducted in the 2011 season, results indicate that Domark effectively controls yield-robbing diseases, which, in turn, protects yield potential.
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