With today’s fluctuating grain prices, wheat growers look for every advantage to get ahead. That means getting the most from their inputs as they work to notch up their yields. Having a reliable fungicide on hand throughout the season will help fend off disease pressures and provide the best environment to promote strong plant health and optimized yield.
Recently, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) granted ZOLERA® FX Fungicide approval for use in wheat production. The fungicide, already trusted in corn and soybean, gives wheat growers a new systemic, broad-spectrum fungicide for stronger plant health and higher yields.
“ZOLERA FX has earned a reputation as a trusted ally for effective disease control and promotion of plant health in corn and soybean production,” says Royce Schulte, BioSolutions and Innovative Nutrition Business Manager, UPL. “UPL is excited to give growers another effective new tool to protect their crop investment and build healthier wheat plants that yield stronger.”
Powerful formulation
ZOLERA FX combines fluoxastrobin, a fast-acting, highly systemic strobilurin, with tetraconazole, a highly systemic triazole. In both early season and flag-leaf applications, it’s effective against Stripe rust, Leaf rust, Tan spot, Spot blotch, Septoria leaf and glume blotch and other diseases.
Multiple modes of action
Featuring the best plant uptake and mobility within the plant for maximum plant coverage, ZOLERA FX brings multiple modes of action in a single application for stronger plant health plus preventative and curative disease control.
Proven success
Growers looking for a reliable fungicide that gives them high yield, good ROI and strong crop health should look no further than ZOLERA FX. In 18 replicated herbicide trials at herbicide timing (Feekes 2–5), ZOLERA FX provided a 4 bu/A yield increase over nontreated fields. In similar studies at flag-leaf timing, ZOLERA FX provided a strong 9 bu/A yield increase over untreated fields.
“Our studies are showing that a smart investment in disease control and plant health will pay off for wheat growers,” Schulte says. “An application of ZOLERA FX at herbicide or flag leaf timing can lead to higher yields and a greater profit potential.”
Wheat farmers are always battling pressures. With the right tools in the tool box, they can protect their crop investments and build healthier wheat plants that yield stronger. To learn more about ZOLERA® FX Fungicide for wheat, click here or contact your local UPL sales representative.
