Syngenta’s PLINAZOLIN® technology has received registration from the Environmental Protection Agency and is now available for use, subject to state approvals. PLINAZOLIN technology will power five separate insecticide products for use in corn, cotton, vegetables, tree fruit, cereals and more.
Growers can purchase the new active ingredient for the 2026 growing season as a seed treatment, soil-applied insecticide or foliar-applied insecticide. Products powered by PLINAZOLIN technology are available for purchase under the following brand names:
Opello™: This soil-applied insecticide provides revolutionary control of corn rootworm, consistently helping corn yield up to 27 bu/A more than untreated, while its highly tank-mix compatible formulation allows growers to leave equipment clogs and slowdowns in the past.
Equento®: This insecticide seed treatment offers a flexible and compatible option to terminate wireworms and suppress other below-ground pests, ultimately improving plant stand and helping a grower’s bottom line.
Vertento®: One of the toughest insect pest fighters in its class, this foliar-applied insecticide for cotton, peanuts and onions delivers a fast-acting, knockout punch to insect pests including plant bugs, thrips and mites.
Incipio™: With impressive residual strength to take the guesswork out of insect control, this foliar-applied insecticide for brassica, leafy, fruiting vegetable and cucurbit crops delivers a heavy-duty takedown of tough insect pests.
Zivalgo™: This foliar-applied insecticide can lead the way for potato and tree fruit insect pest management with unmatched, broad-spectrum control of Colorado potato beetles, codling moth, citrus thrips, spider mites and more.
Syngenta National Executive Agronomist Craig Abell gave a preview of what Opello™ soil-applied insecticide with PLINAZOLIN® technology had to offer at the 2025 Farm Progress Show way back in August.
“It’s an in-furrow application at planting time. It’s very flexible to use. You can use water as a carrier. You can use starter fertilizer, pop-up fertilizer. We haven’t found anything that it’s not compatible with as of yet,” said Abell. “As we look at existing insecticides and also traits, this is a tool to take pressure off of both of those.”
Learn more in this interview from Farm Progress Show.
FPS25 Interview with Craig Abell, Syngenta agronomist (3:16)