Velum Total Approved for Cotton, Peanuts in 2015

Velum Total, a new insecticide/nematicide from Bayer CropScience, has been registered for use in cotton and peanuts in the 2015 season.

Velum Total promotes early season crop establishment by preventing nematode and insect damage and enhancing root health. The product has demonstrated strong residual performance on early season insects such as thrips, and can help reduce the need for additional foliar sprays to control damaging insects.

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In university trials over multiple years, Velum Total provided greater yield response than the historical standard Temik in both cotton and peanuts.

“Bayer CropScience is excited to offer growers another innovative crop management solution for southern row crops,” said Lee Hall, Bayer CropScience product manager. “Velum Total will give growers confidence that they are getting the best return on their early season investment for maximum yield at harvest. It has a unique ability to enhance early-season root health and plant growth, while limiting damage from high-risk insects like thrips, aphids, leafhoppers and plant parasitic nematodes.”

Velum Total is applied in-furrow at-plant to protect and enhance early plant growth and to help establish a strong crop, and its unique formulation allows growers to adjust application rates based on pest pressure. Velum Total has been evaluated in tankmixes with a wide range of agricultural products – including peanut inoculates – without compatibility issues.

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After a limited 2015 Southeast introduction for cotton and peanuts, a full product launch is expected in 2016 throughout the South from Texas to Virginia. Subject to EPA approval, Bayer CropScience anticipates that Velum Total uses will be expanded in 2016 to include potatoes, sweet potatoes, fruiting vegetables and cucurbits.

Tobacco registration is expected throughout the South in 2017.

Additional information regarding Velum Total is available online and from Bayer CropScience representatives.

 

Source – Bayer CropScience

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