Sumitomo Launches New Seed Treatment in U.S.

Sumitomo Chemical said its subsidiary Valent U.S.A. launched a seed treatment for soybeans in the United States called the Intego Suite System, containing an ethaboxam fungicide, Sumitomo’s active ingredient.

In recent years, demand for seed treatments has been expanding in the United States, the world’s largest market for these products. The ethaboxam fungicide is highly effective against diseases of various crops, such as downy mildew in vegetables and late blight in potatoes, and can be used in other applications such as foliar treatment and soil treatment.

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In seed treatment in particular, ethaboxam excels in delivering fungicidal performance against Pythium and Phytophthora, and the ethaboxam active in seed protection is the first new seed treatment fungicide in 30 years for Pythium and Phytophthora, according to Sumitomo. The Intego Suite System also contains Sumitomo Chemical’s clothianidin insecticide.

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