FMC Corp.’s 2014 Early Order Program is running through Dec. 12, featuring a new facet, the Build Your Own Bonus (B.Y.O.B.) program, and extended terms on turf and ornamental products. The early incentive provides participants an additional rebate of 50 percent off the base rebate for purchases of qualifying products until Oct. 31. The base rebate still is competitive in... read more
Multiple trials from Michigan State University, North Carolina State University, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and the University of Connecticut have all found Enclave, North America’s first quad-control technology fungicide, to provide broad-spectrum control that helps prevent most major diseases found in creeping bentgrass greens. Enclave is effective on golf courses, commercial turf, landscape ornamentals, nurseries and greenhouses against dollar spot,... read more
As a highly concentrated liquid formulation of an azoxystrobin fungicide, ArmorTech ZOXY 2 SC is labeled for the control of several turfgrass diseases on residential, commercial, recreational and sports turf. The water-based product contains 2.08 lbs. of active ingredient per gallon, and offers low odor and easy tank mixing. UTAArmorTech.com read more
PBI-Gordon Corp. will begin selling Segway Fungicide SC to distributors on May 17 for use on turf and landscape ornamentals. The product, which treats pythium diseases in turf and phytopthora and pythium crown and root rots in landscape ornamentals, is a proprietary product of Japan-based Ishihara Sangyo Kaisha (ISK). PBI-Gordon’s Katana Turf Herbicide is also a proprietary product of ISK. FMC... read more
Seed Research of Oregon, alongside Mountain View Seeds and LebanonTurf, initiated a new research and development program called the Alliance for Low Input Sustainable Turf (A-LIST). The nonprofit program aims to influence turfgrass breeding through creating trial guidelines and evaluation protocols to identify the best performing turfgrass varieties with reduced input demands. A-LIST will establish and monitor a voluntary evaluation... read more
Valent U.S.A. Corp. and Nufarm Americas entered a distribution agreement that appoints Nufarm the exclusive distributor of Valent-branded products for professional turf, ornamental and aquatic uses in the United States, effective Feb.16. As part of the agreement, Valent and Nufarm will combine product portfolios of the two companies into one broad portfolio that will be sold by Nufarm in the U.S.... read more
