CropsPioneer specialists say 2026 brought local outbreaks rather than last year's widespread pressure: leaf diseases in the rainy eastern Corn Belt, crown rot in the drought-hit west and late southern leaf blight in the South.
CropsCertis Belchim's Areli, combining cyazofamid with valifenalate, a fungicide that also acts as a plant-defence elicitor, is registered in the UK for late blight in potatoes, with a full commercial launch in spring 2027.
CropsAlbaugh India has launched TANDEM, a carbendazim and tebuconazole suspension concentrate registered for paddy, recommended as a foliar spray at 320 mL in 200 litres of water per acre.
CropsThe British Crop Production Council's October update lists new Syngenta and BASF fungicide combinations for cereals and two FMC cyantraniliprole products for potatoes and carrots ahead of 2027.
CropsSyngenta Canada has launched Kadexa SC, a fluazinam 500 g/L fungicide for white mould in soybeans, dry beans and potatoes and late blight in potatoes, ahead of the 2027 season; it replaces Allegro in eastern Canada.
AgrotechAt the Carrington Research Extension Center, a Hylio drone applying 5 gallons an acre cut the Fusarium head blight index to 2.50% against 2.83% for a 15-gallon ground application, in preliminary results.
CropsAHDB's autumn forecast puts the peak for phoma fungicide treatment in oilseed rape around mid-October, later than in recent years, because many areas had more dry days.
CropsThe re-evaluation finds risks acceptable with restricted-entry intervals of up to four days, extra protective equipment, buffer zones and new label warnings; the EU banned the fungicide in 2019.
CropsFungal, algal and other diseases and weeds weaken tea bushes and cut yields; a guide to the symptoms of the main diseases and what to do in the garden.
CropsThe product pairs fluopicolide and cymoxanil for grapes, potatoes and vegetables, and ADAMA says it will also be launched in Ghana for cacao.
CropsThe Indian agrochemical firm told stock exchanges on 25 September that Fujita targets leaf, nodal and neck blast, while Wetcit Neo is a plant-oil adjuvant for better spray coverage.
CropsDeveloped with Japan's Nippon Soda, the FRAC 52 fungicide is being rolled out in Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh at 100 ml an acre.
CropsSyngenta's Andy Cunningham reviews Fight Against Blight monitoring for 2026: dry weather kept pressure low in England and Wales, the OSBPI-resistant EU_46 turned up in two English outbreaks, and the loss of mancozeb raises the Alternaria risk.
