Syngenta is seeking registration from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for a new active ingredient, isocycloseram, to be trademarked as PLINAZOLIN® technology, that can be used in insecticide products for cotton, vegetables, field corn, tree fruit crops, cereals and more.
Syngenta Technical Product Lead Kevin Langdon, Ph.D. talked about the new technology at Commodity Classic this week. “We’ll have four different crop protection brands and a seedcare brand as well,” said Landgdon. “One of the crop protection brands will play in the corn soil space targeting corn rootworm and the other three brands will be foliar-applied.”
The brand names include Opello™ and Equento®.
Equento®: an insecticide seed treatment intended for use in cereals and pulses that will manage wireworms and other early-season, below-ground pests and will offer compatibility with other seed treatments.
Cereals ― White grub, wireworm
Pulses ― Wireworm, suppression of seed corn maggot
Opello™: a liquid, at-planting, soil-applied insecticide intended for use in field corn that will provide control of corn rootworm and other below-ground pests in a formulation designed to offer tank mix compatibility with starter fertilizers.
Corn ― Corn rootworm, wireworm, white grub
Langdon says the registration target is late 2025 for the 2026 crop.
Learn more in this interview from Classic.
Classic 25 - Kevin Langdon, Syngenta Technical Product Lead 2:05