Syngenta’s Vibrance Ultra Potato fungicide treatment – a combination of three trusted, proven active ingredients – recently received EPA approval for use in potatoes.

This all-in-one liquid formulation provides broad-spectrum protection against key seed- and soil-borne diseases, including control of seed-born late blight and silver scruff seed decay, and suppression of pink rot.

“The uniqueness of this product the three active ingredients that work individually and complementary for disease and resistance managemet,” said Syngenta’s Technical Development Lead for Potatoes Kiran Shetty, Ph.D.

According to Shetty, VIbrance Ultra Potato gives growers confidence that they can control the most challenging potato diseases during cutting and treating as well as post-planting.

Controlling disease, is essential to earning potential income incentives for grade, consistent tuber size and minimal defects. Many diseases pose risks to that opportunity.

The three active ingredients in Vibrance Ultra Potato deliver industry-leading control of multiple diseases while also bolstering resistance management because each provides a different mode of action.

• Mandipropamid, FRAC Group 40, protects against the infection or spread of seed-borne late blight during the cutting or handling of potato seed pieces. Mandipropamid also suppresses pink rot, which can be carried through daughter tubers.
• Difenconazole, FRAC Group 3, protects against Fusarium dry rot seed decay.
• Sedaxane, FRAC Group 7, is active against seed-borne silver scurf seed decay, and seedling blight and damping off caused by Rhizoctonia species.

Delivering control through three different modes of actions is essential for long-term effectiveness, according to Syngenta.

“When we introduce these products they are meant to last for some time. Our goal is to maintain the product so growers have these valuable tools for years to come,” concludes Shetty.