Written by Charlotte Cunningham
BASF’s new cereal fungicide, Revystar XE, has received authorisation in the UK for use on all cereal crops, firmly placing another tool in arable armoury. Charlotte Cunningham reports. Revystar XE contains the isopropanol-azole, Revysol (common name mefentrifluconazole), the first of its class to be introduced to the market and Xemium, BASF’s SDHI (succinate dehydrogenase inhibitor). Speaking earlier this week, Neil Kay – BASF’s business director of agricultural solutions for the UK and Ireland – said: “This is very positive news for the farming sector. This authorisation comes at a critical time into what’s widely regarded as an increasingly challenging regulatory and disease control environment. “This active ingredient is an important, robust mode of action for the market and we are so pleased to be bringing new chemistry to market that will practically and financially help growers,” Mr Kay notes. Sigh of relief BASF’s Ben Freer added that, with increasing pressure on chemical efficacy, he is sensing the industry’s sigh of relief that this new chemistry is here. “With the loss of chlorothalonil (CTL) and the decline in efficacy of the conventional triazoles, prothioconazole and epoxiconazole, the timing for this authorisation is pivotal.” According to Ben, from the outset BASF took…
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