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.
En el tratamiento de semillas en particular, el etaboxam sobresale por ofrecer un desempeño fungicida contra Pythium y Phytophthora, y el etaboxam activo en la protección de semillas es el primer fungicida nuevo para el tratamiento de semillas en 30 años para Pythium y Phytophthora, según Sumitomo. El sistema Intego Suite también contiene el insecticida clotianidina de Sumitomo Chemical.