Written by Charlotte Cunningham
Aurelia, a new off-patent prothioconazole fungicide from Life Scientific, is set to make its way onto UK markets this spring, according the latest announcement from the firm. Charlotte Cunningham reports. Life Scientific’s latest offering, Aurelia, contains 250g/l prothioconazole and is a broad spectrum fungicide with erradicant and protectant activity for use in many different crops. In an emulsifiable concentrate formulation, Aurelia is suitable for use alone or in combination with a wide range of other pesticides to provide effective control of key diseases, and is commercially available through Life Scientific’s distribution partners ProCam and Hutchinsons. “Life Scientific’s approach is based on the very strong scientific concept to reverse engineer a product from the original to produce a product accepted as the same by the regulatory authority,” explains Ruth Stanley, Life Scientific’s UK technical manager. “This means we can offer off patent products to agronomists and growers earlier than any other off patent company – which is what we have done with Aurelia.” Product performance In order to assess the comparability of Aurelia against the reference product Proline, Life Scientific carried out a series of eight separate field trials, across both the UK and France, explains Ruth. “The aim of the…
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