Disease News

New Fungicide Registered. A new fungicide (Protégé) was recently registered for control of seed and seed-borne diseases.
Protégé (azoxystrobin), manufactured by Syngenta, is a strobilurin fungicide with broad-spectrum activity. Protégé is a preventive seed treatment fungicide with systemic properties recommended for the control of many important plant diseases. It is registered for use on corn, cucurbits (cucumber), legume vegetables, and several field crops. For more information on Protégé, click here and here.