Insect control

Full approval for Acelepryn now covers control of Chafer grubs and Leatherjackets in sports pitches, golf greens, tees and fairways, golf roughs, racecourses and gallops, bowling greens, airfields, and professional application to commercial and residential lawns, subject to specific restrictions on the percentage of the area being treated.

The Leatherjacket Total Approach Pack provides turf managers with a comprehensive one-box solution to tackle the damaging pest on turf surfaces. The fully integrated approach will optimise the potential of chemical, biocontrol and cultural measures. The pack includes Acelepryn insecticide and Syngenta NemaTrident beneficial nematodes, along with NemaSpreader designed to enhance nematode efficacy. The one-hectare pack also includes a set of Syngenta XC Soil Nozzles to optimise all applications of Acelepryn and NemaTrident.

NemaSpreader is a biocompatible mix of water-holding and spreading ingredients formulated to improve the effective spread, longevity, and potency of beneficial nematodes.

Chafer grubs cause extensive damage by feeding on plant roots in turf. The secondary damage is just as destructive when birds, badgers, foxes, moles and other small mammals rip up the already weakened turf in search of their protein rich larvae. Tell-tale signs of infestation include birds pecking at the grass, poor grass growth, the appearance of yellow patches and the ability to pull the turf up because there is little or no root growth. Nemasys G is made up of the beneficial nematode: Heterorhabditis bacteriophora, which able to neutralise chafer grubs when they are just larvae.

Leatherjackets (causal organism: Tipula spp.) are the larvae of crane flies, also known as daddy-longlegs. Crane flies cause no damage to plants since the adults do not feed, however the young start feeding immediately. This causes the appearance of yellow patches and the ability to pull the turf up because there is little or no root growth. Nemasys J is made up of the beneficial nematode: Steinernema feltiae, which able to neutralise the larvae.

NemaTrident B contains a naturally occurring beneficial entomopathogenic nematode, Heterorhabditis bacteriophora formulated in a wettable powder, enclosed in a non-water-soluble pack. NemaTrident F is safe and sustainable, providing highly effective control of larvae when they come into direct contact with the target pest. Small larvae (early stages) are most susceptible. To enhance the movement of NemaTrident B and the targeting of larvae at application, it is recommended to always use it in conjunction with NemaSpreader. The unique dual component system ensures maximum dispersal of infective juvenile nematodes within the soil which then go in search of larvae to penetrate and kill.

For the control of Leatherjackets (Tipula spp.) in turf NemaTrident F contains a naturally occurring beneficial entomopathogenic nematode, Steinernema feltiae formulated in a wettable powder, enclosed in a non-water-soluble pack. NemaTrident F provides highly effective control of larvae when they come into direct contact with the target pest. Small Leatherjacket larvae (early stages) are most susceptible. To enhance the movement of NemaTrident F and the targeting of larvae at application, it is recommended to always use it in conjunction with NemaSpreader. The unique safe and sustainable dual component system ensures maximum dispersal of infective juvenile nematodes within the soil which then go in search of larvae to penetrate and kill.