Bayer is planning to launch an oilseed rape seed dressing for autumn 2020 to boost crop establishment and early growth just as other seed coatings are being banned.
The product is set to include two fungicides, and possibly a biostimulant, while a new insecticide could be added in a further two to three years, and will come just in time as thiram-based fungicide seed treatments can not be used after autumn 2019.
Lee Harker, seed growth business manager at the agrochemicals and seeds group, says the two fungicides will control downy mildew, phoma, leaf spot and damping-off in young plants.
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