Serpent
Serpent® is a protectant and systemic fungicide for use in winter wheat, spring wheat, durum wheat, winter barley, spring barley, winter oats, spring oats, winter rye, spring rye, winter triticale and spring triticale. When applied for disease control this product may increase green leaf area retention of wheat, barley, rye and triticale.
Benefits
- The leading protectant and curative SDHi fungicide in independent trials for the previous 4 years
- Serpent gives plant health benefits and a yield increase even in the absence of disease
- Controls all major barley diseases including ryncho, net blotch and rust
Why Serpent?
Product Profile
| Active ingredient(s) | 75 g/l fluxapyroxad and 150 g/l pyraclostrobin |
| Formulation | Emulsifiable concentrate (EC) |
| Pack size | 5 litres in outers of four |
| Crop(s) | Winter wheat, spring wheat, durum wheat, winter barley, spring barley, winter oats, spring oats, winter rye, spring rye, winter triticale and spring triticale |
| Disease activity | Septoria tritici, Septoria nodorum, yellow rust, brown rust, powdery mildew, tan spot, net blotch, Ramularia, Rhynchosporium and crown rust (for levels of control see label) |
| Maximum individual dose | 1.5 litres per hectare |
| Maximum number of treatments | Two per crop |
| Latest time of application | Up to and including flowering (anthesis) just complete (GS 69) |
| Water volume | 100-300 litres per hectare |
| Aquatic buffer zone | 5 m reducible |
| Processed crops | When applied to barley intended for malting, refer to the latest timing restrictions given by the British Beer and Pub Association (currently up to GS 45 only, maximum dose 62.5 g/ha for fluxapyroxad and before ear emergence only for pyraclostrobin) |