Bayer CropScience launches new fungicide for wheat in Punjab and Haryana

Germany-based Bayer CropScience has launched a new fungicide Raxil Easy, a seed treatment product for the control of loose smut disease in wheat, in Karnal (Haryana) and Ludhiana (Punjab). Agri-experts estimate that around one-third of the maximum possible wheat yield is lost to diseases and pests. Loose smut is one of the most common fungal diseases affecting wheat cultivation in India - it can hamper the growth of the emerging seedling and even harm the plant. Seed borne diseases like loose smut are best controlled by fungicidal seed treatment products.
 
While Bayer CropScience has been providing Raxil to Indian farmers for many years, Raxil Easy is an advanced FS (flowable concentrate for seed treatment) formulation that sticks uniformly on the seed, leading to increased efficacy in controlling the disease. The active ingredient in the product can control pathogens that are present inside the seed as well as those found on the outer surface.
 
Joerg Rehbein, Head of Bayer CropScience, Indian Subcontinent, stated, “Bayer’s Raxil Easy will help wheat farmers cultivate disease-free, healthy crops and will help achieve high returns through a significantly higher yield.”
 
Raxil Easy is user-friendly and comes in an easy to handle and ready to use formulation which is suitable for both on-farm and large scale industrial seed treatment. With an application rate of 0.33 ml per kg seed of wheat seed, it is very economical to use as it works effectively even at a very low dose.