THE LONG TERM BENEFITS OF FUNGICIDE
One common misconception about the aerial application of fungicide is that it only proves beneficial when disease pressure is present. In fact, a multi-year/multi-hybrid evaluation of disease control and plant health in corn shows that fungicide continues to demonstrate benefits even during optimal growing seasons with minimal disease pressure. Year after year, leading fungicides like Headline AMP consistently offer the following benefits:
- Protect and deliver the most yield at tassel
- Offer preventive as well as post-infection disease control
- Improve stalk strength for late season standability and harvest efficiency
CONCLUSIONS
In the above study, 11 of the same hybrids were tested across all three years. Of those, 10 showed a positive yield response to Headline AMP fungicide each year. Similarly, 26 of the same hybrids were tested in 2014 and 2015. Of those, 25 showed a positive yield response to Headline AMP fungicide each year. In 2015 and 2016, 22 of the same hybrids were tested and all 22 showed positive yield response to Headline AMP fungicide each year.
Whatever environmental conditions and disease pressure appear in a growing season, leading fungicides like Headline AMP consistently protect yield potential by providing a combination of excellent disease control and plant health benefits.