Belchim Crop Protection USA has announced that its new phosphate fungicide (ReLoad) has received approval for EPA registration and is now available for state registration across the U.S. ReLoad is a 53.6% Mono- and dibasic sodium, potassium, and ammonium phosphite blend that works best in controlling downy mildew, and also offers a preventative disease control option against Pythium blight (Pythium aphanidermatum) and Anthracnose (Colletotrichum cereal).
ReLoad is approved for a wide variety of specialty crops including, but not limited to, asparagus, curcubits, grapes, hops, leafy vegetables, legume vegetables, tuberous and corm vegetables – as well as indoor and outdoor ornamentals and turf.
“Growers have experienced significant marketable yield improvement when using this product,” stated Tom Wood, General Manager of Belchim USA, in a prepared news release.
According to Belchim, the highly concentrated formula works through a dual mode of action, both preventing oxidative phosphorylation – the metabolic pathway through which cells use enzymes to oxidize nutrients – and stimulating a plant’s natural defense against pathogen attack.
Currently, the following states have approved registration for ReLoad: Colorado, Georgia, Idaho, Maine, North Dakota, Nevada, South Carolina, Washington, and Wisconsin, with more expected in the near future.