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Cruiser Registered for Pulses

TORONTO - Feb 24/14 - SNS -- Syngenta Canada Inc.'s Cruiser 5FS Seed Treatment has been registered for on-farm use.

This registration allows growers to apply the Group 4 seed treatment to wheat, barley, rye, triticale, buckwheat, millet, dry peas, chickpeas, lentils, lupins and fababean seed, on-farm using closed-system transfer, mixing and application equipment. Seed may be treated up to a maximum rate of 50 mL/100 kg seed (30 g ai/100 kg seed).

The seed-applied insecticide may also be combined with some seed treatment fungicides. This includes:

Pulse crops: Cruiser 5FS seed treatment may be mixed with Vibrance Maxx (a co-pack of Vibrance 500FS Fungicide and Apron Maxx RFC/RTA Seed Treatment Fungicide).

Wheat and barley: Cruiser 5FS Seed Treatment may be mixed with Vibrance XL Seed Treatment or used with Cruiser Maxx Vibrance Cereals Seed Treatment.

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