SiltraXpro
When you want to push your barley crop to the limit for yield and quality premiums, SiltraXpro is the fungicide of choice.
Product details
It combines the best azole for barley disease control, prothioconazole, with new generation SDHI bixafen to form the new standard for Rhynchosporium, net blotch, brown rust and Ramularia control. Since its introduction SiltraXpro has set the standard for barley disease control, with AHDB fungicide performance trials consistently showing that SiltraXpro gives the best control against all barley diseases.
A dramatic shift in the sensitivity of Ramularia leaf spot fungus to leading fungicide chemistry means barley growers must take extra care with spray timings and product selection.
Bayer identified two mutations, one causing resistance to the SDHI fungicide group while a second target site mutation significantly reduced azole activity. Ramularia resistance to strobilurins has previously been confirmed, so three major fungicide groups now offer limited control in winter and spring barley where resistance is present.
Anyone growing barley should assume Ramularia is a threat which cannot be fully controlled with SDHI, triazole or strobilurin-based chemistry alone.
Although the dramatic resistance development presents challenges for Ramularia control, sensitive populations are still present in the UK, so not all crops will be affected.
Siltra Xpro has been the best product in AHDB fungicide performance trials from 2009 - 2018. In these trials, Siltra has been shown to deliver a 0.2 t/ha yield increase over Elatus ERA.
The superior formulation of Siltra leads to increased spread ability and quicker drying times, as demonstrated in the below visual comparing Siltra Xpro and Elatus ERA.
