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Planting Seed Treatments

Anthraquinone

Product Name
Avipel®

Application
Avipel is a liquid seed treatment that repels ring neck pheasants from eating the planted seed prior to emergence.

Remarks
This is a Section 18 label for South Dakota only. Click here to see the full label.

Azoxystrobin

Product Name
Dynasty

Disease Control
Downy Mildew: Fair to Excellent**

Remarks
Suppression of all races of downy mildew. Available in Cruiser® DM Pak.



Captan

Product Name
Captan 400, 37.4%

Disease Control
Downy Mildew: No control


Product Name
Captan 30 DD, 28.7%

Disease Control
Downy Mildew: No control

Product Name
NuGro Captan 4000, 38.7%

Disease Control
Downy Mildew: No control


Fenamidone

Product Name
Idol 500 SC

Disease Control
Downy Mildew: Good to excellent control of all races.

Remarks
Part of the Bayer CropScience Sunflower System.



Fludioxonil

Product Name
Maxim 4FS, 40.3%

Disease Control
Seedling Blight: Excellent For seed-borne and soil-borne fungi.

Remarks
Downy Mildew: No Control



Imidacloprid

Product Name
Gaucho

Remarks
Gaucho seed treatment is an Imidacloprid based insecticide proven highly effective in protecting sunflower seedlings from soil-dwelling and early season sucking and chewing insects that impact foliage. Part of Bayer Cropscience Sunflower System. Commercially applied by seed companies only.



Ipconazole

Product Name
Vortex

Disease Control
Damping off, seedling blight and seed decay

Remarks
Part of the Bayer CropScience Sunflower System.



Mefenoxam

Product Name
Apron XL LS, 32.34%

Disease Control
Downy Mildew: Fair to Excellent

Remarks
Most races of downy mildew are resistant to Apron.



Metalaxyl

Product Name
Allegiance FL, 28.35%

Disease Control
Downy Mildew: Fair to Excellent

Remarks
Provides fair to excellent control of Apron resistant downy mildew. Part of the Bayer Cropscience Sunflower System.



Pyraclostrobin

Product Name
Stamina Seed Treatment

Disease Control
Seed and seedling disease (damping-off) caused by Rhizoctonia solani, seedborne fungi causing seed decay, seedling damping-off




Thiamethoxam

Product Name
Cruiser®

Disease Control
Wireworms

Remarks
Cruiser® seed treatment insecticide offers sunflower growers a superior crop protection tool for the management of damaging early-season soil and foliar insects such as: sunflower beetle, wireworm and flea beetle. Commercially applied by seed companies only.



Thiram

Product Name
32-S Thiram, 42%

Disease Control
Controls a variety of fungal diseases.



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