FMC to Market New Fungicide in US and Canada
13 February 2012 FMC will develop and market the fungicide, a product produced by Consumo em Verde (CEV), Biotecnologia das Plantas, S.A. of Portugal, in the US and Canada as Problad Plus for all crop and non-crop uses. Registration for Problad Plus has been submitted to the EPA with an anticipated approval as a biopesticide in early 2013.
“Obtaining access to additional products has been a key strategic initiative for FMC’s North America crop business and Problad Plus will allow us to offer a broad-spectrum fungicide with a new unique mode of action that growers can use in their disease control program,” Bob Trogele, North America area director, FMC Agricultural Products, said in a statement. “This will be a key integrated pest management addition to our rapidly expanding tree, fruit and vegetable crop segment portfolio and its plant-based production process makes it a great example of modern pest control that is sustainable.”
Problad Plus was developed over the past 10 years by researchers at the Instituto Superior de Agronomia (ISA) at Lisbon University, Portugal. The new fungicide is effective on a broad spectrum of difficult-to-control plant diseases affecting tomatoes, strawberries, grapes and nut crops. FMC began additional testing of Problad Plus on key crops in California and Florida in 2011 and plans an extensive field trial program throughout North America for 2012.
FMC plans to register additional crops in the near future.
“Problad Plus is new and unique technology that has demonstrated performance in field trials better than or equal to currently used industry standard traditional fungicides,” said Neil DeStefano, North America director of business and product development, FMC Agricultural Products. “CEV was looking for a partner to develop and commercialize their exciting new technology and FMC was able to demonstrate this as one of our key core competencies.”
Field trials have demonstrated efficacy on a broad spectrum of difficult-to-control diseases such as botrytis, powdery mildew, anthracnose as well as others.
Source: FMC Corporation, Edited by Stefanie A. Toth, Online Editor
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