Syngenta Receives California Registration For Minecto® Pro Insecticide

Nov 02, 2017

Now available for use in California
Offers improved management of difficult-to-control sucking pests
Controls a wide range of lepidopteran pests
Registered for use in specialty crops, including citrus, tree nuts and vegetables

Syngenta has announced that the California Department of Pesticide Regulation has approved Minecto® Pro insecticide for use in specialty and vegetable crops to control difficult-to-manage pests like thrips, mites, worms, psyllids and whiteflies.

“Minecto Pro is a new foliar product that answers the industry's request for a broad-spectrum insecticide with long-lasting residual activity in specialty and vegetable crops,” said Meade McDonald, insecticide product lead, Syngenta.

Minecto Pro combines cyantraniliprole, a second generation diamide that provides a broader spectrum of control, and abamectin, the global standard for mite control, into one convenient premix formulation.

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