With orders open for 2025 canola seed, it’s worth growers and advisors taking a moment to consider new Equento Extreme seed treatment for above and below ground protection from chewing and sucking pests.
Early adopters have already begun seeing the advantages of Equento Extreme this season, ahead of wider distribution in 2025.
Syngenta product lead ANZ Mal Wood said what makes it even more enticing is the inclusion of more pests on the product label.
Equnto Extreme is a combination of proven Thiamethoxam (Group 4A), the active ingredient in Cruiser 600FS, alongside Syngenta’s newest global insecticide innovation, Plinazolin Technology (IRAC Group 30). Together these products, marketed as Equrnto Extreme, offer the widest spectrum of protection available against key canola pests.
“Recently you may have heard about Equento Extreme having activity on millipedes and slaters,” Mr Wood said.
“As a result of our continued investment in our portfolio, we have succeeded in obtaining registration to have these pests added to the Cruiser 600FS and Equento labels.
“Further, the label extensions now offer protection from bronze field beetle, vegetable beetle, vegetable weevil and spotted vegetable weevil, as well as control of blue oat mite
“Offering enhanced synergistic activity on a range of pests, Equento Extreme notably offers 3-5 weeks of protection against redlegged earth mite (RLEM), while helping to manage insecticide resistance to synthetic pyrethroids (Group 3A) and organophosphates (Group 1B) chemistry.”
“The key points for grower consideration are Equento Extreme's novel mode of action for resistance management, activity on slaters and millipedes (see main photo above) and shorter grazing withholding compared to canola treated with Poncho Plus,” he said.
“Equento Extreme has excellent compatibility with other canola seed treatments for enhanced sowing flexibility.”
Notably, he said it’s also highly compatible with the market standard for seedling blackleg control, Saltro Duo – providing comprehensive control of seedling blackleg, rhizoctonia and pythium in canola.
Equento Extreme and Saltro Duo are available ready-applied to seed from your preferred certified seed providers for 2025.
