Tag: Syngenta

Applications open for 2015 Syngenta Business Institute

March 11, 2015 By Joelle Harms

Syngenta is now accepting applications for its seventh annual Syngenta Business Institute (SBI), to be held Dec. 7-10 in Winston-Salem, N.C. SBI is a partnership between Syngenta and Wake Forest University School of Business that provides superintendents with heightened business and managerial skills. Applications are due ...

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Syngenta Ference insecticide and Secure fungicide now registered in New York

March 4, 2015 By Joelle Harms

Syngenta‘s Ference insecticide and Secure fungicide are now registered for sale in the state of New York. Most counties within New York now allow the use of Ference for annual bluegrass weevil (ABW) prevention and Secure for turf diseases such as dollar spot, ...

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Syngenta launches Velista fungicide

February 25, 2015 By Grant Gannon

Syngenta has launched Velista fungicide for control of turf diseases such as brown patch, dollar spot and anthracnose. Velista, a dehydrogenase inhibitor (SDHI) class fungicide, cleans up diseases during transition times from spring to summer and fall to winter on all turf types. Velista can be applied ...

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Getting the most from a Primo application

January 22, 2015 By Clark Throssell, Ph.D.

Dean Mosdell, Ph.D., is a technical manager in the Western U.S. for Syngenta. He has more than 25 years of golf course research experience with plant growth regulators and makes numerous golf course visits every year on behalf of Syngenta ...

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Syngenta: Ference insecticide

December 3, 2014 By Joelle Harms

Ference insecticide by Syngenta controls the annual bluegrass weevil (ABW). Ference provides systemic control of all larval stages of ABW, according to Syngenta, which is critical to control asynchronous ABW populations. Syngenta says the active ingredient Cyantraniliprole stops turf-feeding damage ...

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Syngenta: Avid + Heritage

October 28, 2014 By Joelle Harms

As a hidden pest that can be difficult to detect, nematodes damage turf roots, which also increases disease risk. Syngenta offers Avid miticide/insecticide to control sting and ring nematodes through systemic and contact activity with a low use rate. Avid ...

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