After 12 years of research and development and more than 3,000 U.S. trials, Syngenta’s PLINAZOLIN technology at last received registration just three months ago from the Environmental Protection Agency and growers were able to learn more about Opello™, powered by PLINAZOLIN, at last week’s Commodity Classic.
Syngenta insecticides technical product lead Kevin Langdon says they are seeing a lot of interest in Opello, which is a fertilizer- compatible liquid at-plant insecticide for control of corn rootworm, wireworm and white grub. “There’s no really good option on the market that’s easy to use that you can apply through an open application system,” said Langdon. “The beauty of Opello is that it’s fertilizer compatible and you can actually pour the Opello directly in the fertilizer tank on the planter. So we’ve removed all need for injection-type equipment, and you’re going to get maximized performance relative to anything else that’s on the market today.”
Syngenta chemist Beth Williard was on-hand to talk to growers at the Syngenta exhibit and demonstrate the compatibility of Opello with fertilizer, which was very important for them to get right during development of the product. “We wanted a formulation that when diluted in fertilizer would be highly compatible, create a nice homogenous mixture, and then when you pour it through a sieve you don’t get any residue caught up so that you know all of your active ingredient is making it out onto the field,” said Williard.
While its highly tank-mix compatible formulation allows growers to leave equipment clogs and slowdowns in the past, perhaps the best benefit to growers of using Opello is that trials consistently showed it increased corn yield up to 27 bu/A more than untreated.
Learn more in these interviews from Commodity Classic:
Kevin Langdon, Ph.D., insecticides technical product lead
Classic26 - Kevin Langdon, Syngenta (3:40)