1. Syngenta Cereals: Fungicides

2. 2 Disease Management – Importance of Flag Leaf

3. 3 Critical Wheat Growth Stages TREAT Best Tilt ® fungicide treatment timing Best Quilt ® fungicide treatment timing

4. 4 Best Use Guidelines ● Feekes 2-5 (tillering – pseudo-stem strongly erected) -Apply 2 oz/A Tilt for early season disease suppression and to protect the plant. -Can be applied with herbicide. ● Feekes 9 (ligule of flag leaf is just visible) -Apply 14 oz/A Quilt for protection against foliar diseases on the flag leaf and residual protection on the glume.

5. 5 Tilt: Key Product Attributes ● Tilt fungicide provides superior control of major foliar fungal diseases, such as Septoria, tan spot and powdery mildew, while helping crops achieve maximum yield potential and improve crop quality. -The active ingredient of Tilt, propiconazole, is systemic. -The site of action is inhibiting hyphal growth by stopping production of the cell membranes.

6. 6 Tilt: Disease Control Timing ● For early management of Septoria, tan spot and powdery mildew: -Use 2 oz/A for early applications at the first signs of disease or when conditions favor disease development and before the plant exceeds the 5-leaf stage. -Tank mix with a grass product like Axial ® XL herbicide for one-pass early season disease and weed control. ● Use 4 oz/A for control of Septoria, tan spot and powdery mildew at flag leaf under low disease pressure.

7. 7 Tilt: Tank Mix Flexibility ● Tilt can be mixed with insecticides and herbicides. ● Tilt needs no surfactants when used alone or when tank mixing with herbicides. ● Tilt can be applied with liquid fertilizers.

8. 8 Tilt: Early Help to Maximize Yield and Quality

9. 9 Tilt: Benefits of Application ● Protect your wheat early to maximize yield and quality. ● Can be tank mixed with insecticides, fungicides or herbicides. ● Systemic action fights the disease from inside the leaf. ● Rainfast in 1 hour. ● Excellent crop safety in wheat and barley.

10. 10 Quilt: Key Product Attributes ● Quilt fungicide combines the Power of Two™ proven brands, delivering complete disease protection and enhanced Plant Performance™ to allow your crop to reach its full yield potential. -Composed of two modes of action, Quilt is a premix of top-selling strobilurin and triazole chemistries and offers preventive and curative activity against tough diseases in wheat and barley.

11. 11 Quilt: Disease Control Timing ● Broad-spectrum control of wheat and barley diseases, including rusts, tan spot, Septoria leaf blight and powdery mildew. -Apply 14 oz/A of Quilt from flag leaf emergence to Feekes 10.5.

12. 12 Competitive Review: Powdery Mildew Control Applications made between Feekes 8 and 10.5. Trials conducted 2003-2008. Rate in oz/A; (number of trials) ® ®

13. 13 Competitive Review: Leaf Rust and Yield Effects Applications made between Feekes 8 and 10.5. Trials conducted 2003-2008. Rate in oz/A; (number of trials)

14. 14 Competitive Review: Stripe Rust Control and Yield Effects Applications made between Feekes 8 and 10.5. Trials conducted 2003-2008. Rate in oz/A; (number of trials)

15. 15 Competitive Review: PNW

16. 16 Competitive Review: Central and Southern Plains, Mid-States

17. 17 Competitive Review: Northern Plains

18. 18 Competitive Review: Oklahoma, 2008 Hunger,OK 2008. Non-irrigated. Powdery and leaf rust present.

19. 19 Competitive Review: Texas and Virginia, 2008 Agricumbia,TX 2008. Phipps,VA 2008. TX: Leaf rust present; VA: Powdery mildew present early, Septoria on flag and glume later.

20. 20 Competitive Review: Wisconsin, 2008 University of Wisconsin, 2008. Powdery and Septoria present.

21. 21 Quilt: Maximize Yield Potential and Quality Central 47 trials 13.3 bu/A avg inc 1.3 lb test wt inc PNW 43 trials 16.3 bu/A avg inc 0.9 lb test wt inc Mid U.S. 56 trials 8.5 bu/A avg inc 0.8 lb test wt inc South 39 trials 11.3 bu/A avg inc 1.6 lb test wt inc East 16 trials 9.1 bu/A avg inc 1.4 lb test wt inc Southwest 15 trials 22.9 bu/A avg inc 3.9 lb test wt inc 2003-2008 Wheat Trials Northern Plains 17 trials 7 bu/A avg inc 0.8 lb test wt inc

22. 22 Quilt at Flag Leaf: Wheat Yield Effect National results: 218 trials (2003-2008). Quilt applied at 14 oz/A. Average gain = 11.5 bu/A 69% > 5.5 bu/A increase Yield increase in 90% of trials Break-even point is 5.5 bu/A at $5.50/bu Yield change from untreated (bu/A)

23. 23 Quilt at Flag Leaf: Test Weight Increase 65% > 0.5 lb Average test weight change = 1 lb increase National results: 136 trials (2003-2008). Quilt applied at 14 oz/A. Test weight change from untreated (lbs)

24. 24 n = number of trials; Flag leaf = Feekes 8-9; Boot = Feekes 10; Heading = Feekes 10.1-10.5. n=120 n=43 n=45 n=83 n=20n=30 Quilt: Application Timing Effect on Wheat Yield

25. 25 Quilt: The Power of Two Tilt 4 oz/AQuadris ® 6 oz/AQuilt 14 oz/A 24.7% yield inc 25.3% yield inc 33.5% yield inc Means calculated across trials from 2001-2008. Total of 52 direct comparisons.

26. 26 Quilt vs. Headline vs. Stratego: Effects on Yield Stratego 10 oz/AHeadline 6 oz/AQuilt 14 oz/A 25.4% yield inc 27.7% yield inc 32.2% yield inc Means calculated across trials from 2001-2008. Total of 49 direct comparisons.

27. 27 Quilt Helps Improve Crop Performance: PNW

28. 28 Quilt Helps Improve Crop Performance: Central and Southern Plains, Mid-States

29. 29 Quilt Helps Improve Crop Performance: Northern Plains

30. 30 Benefits of a Quilt Application ● Power of Two proven brands delivers enhanced Plant Performance to help boost yield and quality. ● Broad-spectrum, longer-lasting disease control. ● Systemic, preventive and curative activity against tough diseases. ● Two modes of action for built-in resistance management. ● Crop rotation flexibility. ● Activity at all stages of the fungal pathogen (spore germination, mycelial growth and sporulation).

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