With a completely new mode of action, Vayantis will be available in select areas for the 2021 growing season and nationally for the 2022 planting.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently granted federal registration to Vayantis® fungicide seed treatment. The new registration gives corn growers access to the new systemic fungicide seed treatment picarbutrazox, the most intrinsically active compound ever developed to protect corn from Pythium* — the No. 1 seedling disease threat in corn.
With a completely new mode of action, Vayantis will be available in select areas for the 2021 growing season and is expected to be available nationally for 2022 planting.
*Studies comparing the sensitivity of metalaxyl-M, ethaboxam and picarbutrazox on 420 Pythium isolates collected in the U.S. and belonging to 35 Pythium species; Gilberto Olaya, et al., Syngenta Vero Beach Research Center; November 2020.
Cover image: This image shows a rhizotron comparison between corn seedlings from The Syngenta Seedcare Institute™ trials in Stanton, Minnesota, 2020. Photography by Syngenta.