Recently, Corteva Agricultural Technology launched a new high-efficiency fungicide Verpixo® Adavelt® active in Australia, which contains the new active ingredient florylpicoxamid. It can be used to manage challenging crop diseases to help farmers achieve healthy crops and high yields, and the product is currently undergoing extensive trials in Australia. Verpixo's unique structure is based on a natural compound found in soil bacteria, which can be used to control ascomycete diseases.
Farmers say that as growers, the biggest concern is resistance to existing chemicals and how to deal with the resulting impacts. The current trial of this product at Ashbern Farm in Australia has been very successful. Records show that commercial fruit yields increased by 14% and the fruit gray mold infection rate decreased by 12% to 15%.
Corteva said that Verpixo is an excellent new partner in rotation at a time when existing chemicals are facing resistance threats and will enhance crop disease control and adaptability. Major diseases such as gray mold and powdery mildew have biological characteristics that create resistance, and Verpixo is a valuable solution. It offers a new mode of action against these diseases, giving growers more flexibility in managing their disease control programs throughout the growing season.
Florylpicoxamid
Florylpicoxamid, development code is X12485659;
Chemical name: (1S)-2,2-bis(4-fluorophenyl)-1-methylethyl N-[[3-(acetyloxy)-4-methoxy-2-pyridyl]carbonyl]-L -Alanine ester;
CAS NO.: 1961312-55-9;
Molecular formula: C27H26F2N2O6.
Structural formula：
In November 2017, pyridobactamide obtained the ISO common name.
Florylpicoxamid has a new mechanism of action, high efficiency and broad spectrum. It is effective against a variety of diseases that seriously affect crop yields and has a preventive effect. It also has therapeutic activity when used in the early stages of disease infection; pyridobactamide can show good disease prevention and control effects at low dosages, reduce crop losses, improve the quality of agricultural products, and reduce residues. Pyridobactamide has no cross-resistance with agents with other mechanisms of action and can be used for resistance management.
Source: AgroPages
