October 05, 2009
New Honor™ fungicide and Tower® herbicide from BASF help golf course superintendents control broad-spectrum pest pressures
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC, October 5, 2009 – BASF Professional Turf & Ornamentals today announced its launch of Honor™ fungicide, a combination of two industry-leading active ingredients, and Tower® herbicide, which features dimethenamid-P, a new active ingredient for the turf market. Both products give golf course superintendents broad-spectrum control to help them optimize applications.
Honor fungicide combines boscalid, the active ingredient in Emerald® fungicide, and pyraclostrobin, the active ingredient in Insignia® fungicide. Ideal for greens, tees and fairways, Honor’s two modes of action deliver playability to greens and control of diseases, including patch diseases, anthracnose, dollar spot and leaf spot.
Tower herbicide provides preemergent control of more than 50 small-seeded grassy and broadleaf weeds and sedges including goosegrass and yellow nutsedge. Tower can be applied to cool- and warm-season turfgrass on tees, fairways, roughs and other amenity turfgrass around common areas on the golf course. For added weed control, Tower is an ideal tank-mix partner with Pendulum® AquaCap™ herbicide.
“Honor and Tower are difference makers. Both products enable golf course superintendents to cost effectively control diseases and weeds that threaten the health and quality of turfgrass,” said Dr. Toni Bucci, Business Manager, BASF Professional Turf & Ornamentals. “Both products exemplify our commitment to continually bring innovation to market.”
Honor fungicide is labeled for use on golf courses turfgrass, and should be applied prior to or in the early stages of disease development for optimal results.
Tower herbicide is labeled for use on golf courses except on greens, in landscape or grounds maintenance, on mulch beds, jogging and bike trails, non-crop areas, parking lots, fence lines and other areas listed on its label.
For more information about BASF Professional Turf & Ornamentals visit betterturf.basf.us or blog about turf at www.basfturftalk.com.
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With sales of € 3.4 billion in 2008, BASF’s Crop Protection division is a leader in crop protection and a strong partner to the farming industry providing well-established and
innovative fungicides, insecticides and herbicides. Farmers use these products and services to improve crop yields and crop quality. Other uses include public health, structural/urban pest control, turf and ornamental plants, vegetation management, and forestry. BASF aims to turn knowledge rapidly into market success. The vision of BASF’s Crop Protection division is to be the world’s leading innovator, optimizing agricultural production, improving nutrition, and thus enhancing the quality of life for a growing world population. Further information can be found on the web at www.agro.basf.com.
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