Corteva Will Bring Verpixo™ Fungicide With Adavelt™ Active to U.S. Sugarbeet Market

INDIANAPOLIS — Corteva announced today the future availability of Verpixo^™ fungicide with Adavelt^™ active to protect the quality and yield potential of sugarbeets. The new fungicide — with anticipated registration by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) later this year — will help provide effective control of the sugarbeet industry’s most economically damaging fungal disease: cercospora leaf spot.

Fungicides are integral to food production, and the potential loss of important crop disease protection tools impacts us all. Corteva supports Global Fungicide Resistance Action Committee (FRAC) recommendations to delay the development of fungicide resistance through strategies such as crop rotation, planting resistant varieties, and using multiple modes of action, among others.

Verpixo fungicide will be the first Group 21 picolinamide fungicide in the United States, introducing a new mode of action that offers important resistance management benefits against ascomycete diseases like cercospora leaf spot. Based on a naturally occurring compound found in soil bacteria, Verpixo fungicide controls a broad spectrum of diseases and offers flexibility in application timing.

“Cercospora leaf spot is the most economically devastating foliar disease in the sugarbeet industry today. It can significantly reduce the size of beet roots, especially during growing seasons when wet and humid weather conditions lead to increased disease pressure,” said Colleen Kent, portfolio marketing leader, Corteva. “Extensive lab and in-field testing confirm the efficacy of Verpixo fungicide with Adavelt active against this disease, and we look forward to growers adding it to their fungicide programs.”

Identified by brown circular spots on the plant’s leaves, cercospora leaf spot restricts a sugarbeet plant’s ability to recover sucrose as the plant diverts energy to regrow foliage damaged by the disease. Bringing preventive control through translaminar activity, Verpixo fungicide disrupts the fungal pathogen’s germination on both the top and the bottom of leaf surfaces.

Resistance Management   

Extensive testing with Verpixo^™ fungicide with Adavelt^™ active shows it is tank-mix-compatible with many other commonly used crop protection products, helping growers maximize application efficiency and resistance management.

“It’s critically important for growers to help preserve existing fungicides that are facing disease resistance or potentially losing efficacy,” Kent said. “Verpixo fungicide has no known resistance to other fungicide groups, making it an ideal part of resistance management programs. Because of the flexibility, it can give sugarbeet farmers more time to manage this disease across the growing season while helping to strengthen their resistance management stewardship.”

Verpixo fungicide is the first solution in the Corteva Agriscience U.S. portfolio featuring Adavelt active. It will help growers manage diseases, mitigate resistance and protect their sugarbeet crop investments.

To strengthen farmers’ disease control options following the registration of Verpixo, Verpixo AYR will bring another fungicide powered by Adavelt active in the near future. A convenient premix of Adavelt active and ADEPIDYN^®  technology, Verpixo AYR will provide a powerful rotational tool designed to maximize yield and crop marketability potential by maintaining production quality across specialty and vegetable crops.

To learn more about Verpixo fungicide, visit Corteva.com/us/Verpixo or contact your local Corteva representative.

About Corteva 

Corteva, Inc. (NYSE: CTVA) is a global pure-play agriculture company that combines industry-leading innovation, high-touch customer engagement and operational execution to profitably deliver solutions for the world’s most pressing agriculture challenges. Corteva generates advantaged market preference through its unique distribution strategy, together with its balanced and globally diverse mix of seed, crop protection, and digital products and services. With some of the most recognized brands in agriculture and a technology pipeline well positioned to drive growth, the Company is committed to maximizing productivity for farmers, while working with stakeholders throughout the food system as it fulfills its promise to enrich the lives of those who produce and those who consume, ensuring progress for generations to come. More information can be found at www.corteva.com.

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^{™ ®} Adavelt and Verpixo are trademarks of Corteva Agriscience and its affiliated companies. ^®Adepidyn is a registered trademark of Syngenta Crop Protection Ag. Verpixo^™ and Verpixo AYR have not yet received regulatory approval; approvals are pending. The information provided here is not an offer of sale. Contact your state pesticide regulatory agency to determine if a product is registered for sale or use in your state. Adavelt^™ is a registered active ingredient. Always read and follow label directions. 

Contacts

Derek Burleson, Corteva Agriscience
479-651-0275
Derek.Burleson@corteva.com

Vanessa Barr, Bader Rutter
423-368-9750
vbarr@bader-rutter.com