New Delhi – As paddy cultivation picks up momentum with the onset of monsoon in the country, Syngenta India, a leading ag-tech company unveiled its new age plant protection solutions – Incipio and Simodis for paddy, cotton, and vegetables across India. These products, based on the innovative PLINAZOLIN technology, offer effective defence against various pests, ensuring improved yields and crop quality. These are developed to efficiently meet the challenges arising from climate change and pest resistance, which are responsible for major crop losses every year.
Incipio, a high-end insecticide effectively combats new species of stem borers and leaf folders attack on paddy crops, while Simodis offers a reliable solution to cotton and vegetables against sucking and lepidoptera insects like butterflies and moths and is especially efficient on vegetables such as hot pepper, brinjal, cotton, groundnut, soybean, and red gram.
Pests can lead to yield losses ranging from 30 to 40 per cent if not controlled effectively at the right time. The high infestation rate of these pests, and short duration control with existing solutions are leading to an increased number of applications and the overall cost. A report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has indicated that global warming and rising temperatures could cause an increase in the population of insects around the world resulting in loss of grains by 10-25 per cent. As per the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), farmers lose an estimated average of 37 per cent of their rice crops to pests and diseases every year. “Incipio and Simodis are our latest solutions to help solve many pest problems of our farmers. We are happy to bring an alternative solution which will provide effective, longer duration control from resistant pests”, said Susheel Kumar, Country Head and Managing Director, Syngenta India.
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Dr KC Ravi, Chief Sustainability Officer, Syngenta India said, “Understanding the dire need for comprehensive solutions, Syngenta India has introduced Incipio and Simodis, specifically formulated to address the unique challenges faced by paddy and vegetable growers in the country and make the country largest producer and exporter for many other vegetables.”
The new products provide a broad spectrum, effective and long-lasting control against multiple pests, which, in turn, helps reduce the number of applications. “With the launch of our new products, we aim to provide Indian farmers with reliable and effective plant protection solutions, enabling them to boost yields, improve crop quality, save on labour costs and secure their livelihoods,” added Susheel.
As India is the 2nd largest producer of eggplant providing a key source of income for small vegetable farmers, most of its brinjal are exported to Singapore, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, and Maldives.
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The shoot borer and fruit borer is tough to control pests in eggplant (50-70 per cent yield loss) besides mites, jassids, and thrips with growers having to spray in excess of 20 applications per season to control those pests with tank-mix different products with short spray interval to get acceptable control.
Based on PLINAZOLIN technology, a new active ingredient that protects plant health with outstanding performance on a wide range of harmful pests that affect key crops, Incipio and Simodis have a very good tank mix profile and can be mixed with other fungicides if needed. PLINAZOLIN technology, provides control of multiple pests, with long-lasting effect with reduced number of sprays, a game changer for growers, offering an easier, powerful and reliable solution to protect the yield and quality.
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