Get on top of Couch Mite this season with an IN-DEPTH DEFENCE program; combining a knockdown blow with a longevity specialist.
Couch Mite Control Redefined
Turf grass mites have very short life cycles – around 10-14 days. This fast breeding power means explosive damaging populations with constantly overlapping life cycles.
There are a number of Couch Mite attributes which compound the effects of high population pressure on your turf, such as:
They are physically difficult to get to, as they live in tight spaces between leaf sheaths.
During feeding they inject toxins which cripple turf recovery and vigour.
Physical stunting damage (witches broom) is irreversible.
Short life cycles and high populations increases the risk of resistance development.
Don’t let mites rule your turf this spring and summer. A proven and reliable strategy will ensure effective control of damaging stages of the life cycles, ensuring healthy turf growth or prompt recovery from damage.
Solution: IN-DEPTH DEFENCE
Syngenta offers a complete mite control solution with our IN-DEPTH DEFENCE program, comprised of:
AGADOR Miticide delivering the population a knockdown punch and HIGRAN Insecticide delivering residual protection to break the mite life cycle.
For any mite program, begin scouting around the time that history of damage has appeared previously. For best results ensure an early applications before damage becomes extensive. The timing, spacing and sequence of applications outlined below have proven results in the toughest situations, and is supported by Syngenta research studies in Australia.
Product
Application rate
Water rate
AGADOR®
1 to 2 L/ha*
300-500 L/ha
HIGRAN®
500 mL/ha
300-500 L/ha
*AGADOR® – use low rate under low pressure situations. Use high rate under high pressure situations and turf injury is already evident.
Application recommendations For both AGADOR® & HIGRAN® use a spray adjuvant – use Agral® (600 g ai/L) at 0.42% v/v or 420 mL/100 L spray mix. Alternatively use other non-ionic surfactants (1000 g ai/L formulations) at 0.25% v/v or 250 mL/100 L spray mix.
A program approach
When AGADOR and HIGRAN are used as a program approach, they:
Ensure immediate population reduction and cessation of damage
Break the population life cycle by covering multiple stages of the life cycle
Ensure good resistance management strategies with multiple modes of action
Provide spray application windows that cover multiple life cycles
For optimal results:
Include a non-ionic surfactant to improve penetration of product in hard to reach areas, like between the leaf sheath, which results in improved mite kill
Ensure turf has adequate water and nutrients to recover and grow
For best results use Syngenta XC025 or XC04 air induction nozzles, which give more complete front and back coverage of leaf surfaces while providing a suitable droplet size for high levels of even coverage with low drift. These nozzles are the next generation of the nozzles as stated on the label; air induct and nozzle size.
Physically remove any damaged turf material, when damage is evident, to allow recovery
Formulation quality matters for best control
Delivering constant and reliable results is not completely reliant on just the active ingredient, but the whole formulation. Both AGADOR and HIGRAN are highly refined Suspension Concentrate (SC) formulations, developed to the highest quality and which deliver the highest level of mite control possible.
Consistent quality in every bottle
Precise combination of formulation ingredients and active ingredient to ensure highest level of control
No settling, separation of the formulation
Low odour formulation
Non-abrasive to spray equipment
Will not block spray equipment
Easy to handle
Don’t let mites take hold in your turf this spring!
Get onto them early with Syngenta’s IN-DEPTH DEFENCE program.
For more information contact your local Syngenta territory sales manager for programming or information support.
