ADAMA Launches Rexaro Fungicide for Grapes, Potatoes and Vegetables in India
Ask a Nashik grape grower about downy mildew and you'll hear how one wet week can undo a season. That is the market ADAMA is targeting with its latest launch.
ADAMA Ltd. has launched Rexaro in India, a broad-spectrum foliar fungicide for specialty crops. It contains Fluopicolide 17.54% w/w + Cymoxanil 21.05% w/w SC, combining two complementary modes of action for preventive and early curative activity against key Oomycete diseases.
Field trials showed strong efficacy against downy mildew in grapes and cucumber and late blight in potato, with activity against tomato root rot and downy mildew in brassicas and onions. The liquid formulation uses ADAMA's Ayalon technology, designed to improve spreading and penetration through the leaf cuticle, rainfastness and dispersion in tank mixes. ADAMA also plans to launch Rexaro in Ghana, for cacao.
What it means for the trade
Two-mode-of-action products like this are part of resistance management in Oomycete control. For suppliers of formulation inputs and technical-grade actives, combination launches signal where formulation demand is heading.
Photo (representative): grapes in Nashik. Savitr1915, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.