Seed Care
Seeds carry crops' genetic potential. They are very valuable to growers. They also carry substantial amounts of energy, which makes them highly attractive for pests and diseases.
Seed treatments are chemical or biological substances or physical processes applied to seeds or seedlings. They help to protect the seeds and assure optimum emergence of the crop. Application of a chemical to seeds is a very well-targeted method of reducing pests and diseases' attacks on the growing plant.
Today, Syngenta is the leader in fungicides for seed treatment with the brands DIVIDEND®, MAXIM® and APRON® XL. With the ongoing global introduction of CRUISER® we forecast strong growth of the insecticide business.
| Brands | Key Countries | What is it? |
|---|---|---|
| APRON® XL | USA, France, Canada, Australia, UK | Systemic seed treatment fungicide to control seed and soilborne diseases such as Pythium spp.- Phytophthora spp. and downy mildews on cotton, sunflower, soybeans, peas and many other crops. |
| AVICTA™ | USA, EU, Brazil | Seed treatment nematicide |
| AVICTA™ Seed Treatment | USA | Seed treatment |
| CELEST® AUSTRAL®, BERET®, LANDOR®* |
France, Germany, UK, Poland | Broad-spectrum seed treatment fungicide for cereals and other crops. CELEST is based on fludioxonil with its unique mode of action. |
| CONCEP® III | USA | Seed safener protects grain or forage sorghum to allow the use of DUAL and BICEP brand herbicides. |
| CRUISER® HELIX™ |
USA, Canada, Brazil, India, South Africa | Neonicotinoid seed treatment insecticide based on thiamethoxam, for use against soil-dwelling and early season pests in a broad range of crops. |
| DIVIDEND® SPECTRO |
USA, Canada, Russia, Spain, Ukraine, Brazil | A broad-spectrum, systemic seed treatment fungicide, based on difenoconazole, which is used in cereals, soybeans, sweet-corn, cotton and as combination partner with fludioxonil, metalaxyl-m and thiamethoxam in canola. |
| DYNASTY™ | USA | Broad-spectrum seed treatment fungicide for use in corn, cotton and peanuts. The main active ingredient is azoxystrobin. |
| FORCE® ST | USA, Argentina | Seed treatment insecticide for control of soil pests in a wide variety of crops. |
| MAXIM® | USA, Germany, Brazil, Argentina, Canada | Broad-spectrum seed treatment fungicide for potatoes, corn, soybeans, vegetables and other crops. MAXIM is based on fludioxonil with its unique mode of action. |
