Sivanto Prime
SIVANTO® Prime is a butenolide insecticide containing flupyradifurone. It delivers moderate control of the principal sucking aphid pests of root and vegetable crops through contact and translaminar activity.
Sivanto® Prime contains flupyradifurone, a butenolide insecticide belonging to IRAC Group 4D. It provides protection against the principal sucking aphid pests of root and vegetable crops. Sivanto® Prime controls all stages in the insect’s lifecycle and demonstrates good selectivity to beneficial predators and parasitoids.
Product Profile
Important Information
Restrictions
Under no circumstances should applications be made after 13 July.
Do not apply by hand-held equipment.
Sivanto® Prime may be applied during flowering provided it is not mixed with a fungicide from the DMI fungicides group (FRAC group 3). Sivanto® Prime mixed with a DMI fungicide may not be used on flowering plants, in the vicinity of flowering plants, or on non-flowering plants when they are being actively visited by bees and bumblebees.
If the crop is intended for processing, consult the processor before applying Sivanto® Prime.
Proven activity on immature and adult aphids in range of crops.
Effective knockdown insecticide with contact and ingestion activity and translaminar mobility through the crop conferring protection for about 7 days.
Sivanto® Prime has a favourable selective profile for many beneficial predators and parasitoids.
Sivanto® Prime is highly effective against aphids. It has good initial and sufficient residual activity and acts against target pests at adult and immature stages.
It works after oral ingestion or direct contact and is redistributed within leaves exhibiting translaminar activity.
Sivanto® Prime applied at recommended rates leads to a quick feeding (honeydew excretion) cessation within 2 hours of product application, even on aphids feeding on the underside of the leaf and not directly exposed to the spray droplets. Rapid knockdown of pests can be expected.
Control can be expected to be become noticeable after two days and is dependent upon pest stage, with the youngest larvae being most susceptible and adults least susceptible.
For optimum control, application should be made as soon as possible once pest thresholds have been surpassed.
Apply Sivanto® Prime as a MEDIUM quality spray (BCPC).
Timing of application
Sugar beet and fodder beet
Apply Sivanto® Prime at a rate of 0.125 L/ha once thresholds have been reached: 1 green wingless aphid per 4 plants up to 12 true-leaf stage or 1 green wingless aphid per plant at the 2-16 true-leaf stage.
Water volume: 150-300 L/ha.
Field bean (dry), Beans with pods (fresh), Dwarf French bean (fresh), Runner bean (fresh), Beans without pods (fresh), Broad bean (fresh), Combining pea (dry), Edible podded pea (fresh), Combining pea (dry) and Vining peas (fresh)
Apply Sivanto® Prime at a rate of 0.125 L/ha as aphid numbers start to build in the crop and pest thresholds are breached.
Water volume 150-800 L/ha.
Potato
Apply Sivanto® Prime at a rate of 0.125 L/ha as aphid numbers start to build in the crop and pest thresholds are breached.
Water volume: 150-800 L/ha.
Carrot
Apply Sivanto® Prime at a rate of 0.125 L/ha as aphid numbers start to build in the crop and pest thresholds are breached.
Water volume: 150-800 L/ha.
Pests controlled
This product contains flupyradifurone, classified by the Insecticide Resistance Action Committee as ‘Group 4D’. Total reliance on one pesticide will hasten the development of resistance. A strategy for preventing and managing such resistance should be adopted.
Insecticides of different chemical types or alternative control measures should be included in any planned programme. Alternating insecticides with different modes of action is a recognised anti-resistance strategy and Sivanto® Prime should be used in alternation with other insecticides of a different mode of action where possible.
The insecticide resistance management strategy should include integrating insecticides with a programme of cultural control measures. Resistance management guidelines are available from IRAC here and AHDB here.
Key aspects of the Sivanto® Prime resistance management strategy are:
ALWAYS follow IRAG-UK guidelines for preventing and managing insecticide resistance.
Where possible, alternate Sivanto® Prime with different modes of action if an insecticide programme is required.
AVOID using Sivanto® Prime continually in successive crops. Use other effective insecticides with different modes of action throughout the cropping rotation.
AVOID using less than the labelled rate of Sivanto® Prime when applied as a single treatment or in a tank-mix.
ALWAYS apply Sivanto® Prime in sufficient water volume to achieve the required spray penetration into the crop and uniform coverage.
ALWAYS use Sivanto® Prime in conjunction with a holistic pest control strategy including non-insecticide control methods, e.g. cultural or biological components.
ALWAYS monitor pest control effectiveness and investigate where control may be low. If unexplained, contact your agronomist who may consider a resistance test appropriate.