The product is registered for canola and mustard
Canola and mustard growers will have another crop protection tool available to them for the 2027 season.
Syngenta recently introduced Curanza seed treatment to protect canola and mustard crops from cutworms, and crucifer and striped flea beetles.
What sets Curanza apart from competitor products is its rate of the active ingredient.
“Curanza’s claim to fame is the rate of cyantraniliprole,” Justin Bouvier, product lead for Seedcare with Syngenta Canada, told Farms.com.
Curanza’s rate of cyantraniliprole, a Group 28 insecticide, is 800 g a.i./100 kg seed.
Competitor products have rates ranging up to 500 g a.i./100kg seed.
“It gives farmers better control over flea beetles plus the added protection from cutworms,” Bouvier said.
Flea beetles and cutworms cause significant economic damage.
Research data from AAFC and the University of British Columbia released in 2025, for example, showed flea beetles in canola cause more than $160 million in economic impact.
And cutworms across all crops do about $11 million in damage.
The study showed total insect damage across the Prairies to be more than $200 million.
Syngenta tested Curanza in plots across Manitoba and Saskatchewan between 2023 and 2025.
Trial data shows that compared to competitor products, Curanza reduced flea beetle damage by 2 per cent at 20 days post-emerge, and delivered 3 per cent more plans at six days after emergence.
Producers interested in adding Curanza into their crop protection arsenal can do so now.
The seed treatment is currently available through CANTERRA SEEDS and BrettYoung, Bouvier said.
BrettYoung tested Curanza along with Helix Saltro this summer but hasn’t published any results yet.