BASF are demonstrating a new herbicide for use in brassicas as well as a new herbicide formulation and a broad-spectrum fungicide, showing that they are continuing to invest in vegetable crops.
Robert Storer, field vegetable product manager for BASF, said that at the Rijk-Zwaan demonstration site in Lincolnshire, a range of brassicas have been treated with the new low-staining Stomp Aqua formulation and a new herbicide, BUK 9900.
“It has been quite a while since we have seen a new herbicide active ingredient in the vegetable brassica crop. The order of the day has been losing rather than gaining actives, but BUK 9900 offers brand new opportunities. It has been applied both pre-transplanting and post-transplanting and shows very good weed control with no crop damage,” said Storer.
Stoer added that the entire site has been sprayed with Signum for the control of all important brassica diseases. He said: “Recommended in Brussels sprouts, cabbages and cauliflowers, Signum gives excellent control of the important brassica diseases - dark leaf spot and white blister plus useful control of ringspot. Both actives in Signum, boscalid and pyraclostrobin, also have activity on powdery mildew. This broad-spectrum control makes Signum a key brassica fungicide and one already well accepted by growers and retailers alike.”
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