Hornet ™ is a cereal fungicide that protects from fusarium head blight and rusts.

Technical information

Active ingredient: Group 3 (tebuconazole)
Treatment area: Once case treats: 160 acres for fusarium head blight, 210 acres for leaf diseases
Application: 119 mL/acre for fusarium head blight from 75% head emergence to 50% flower.  89 mL/acre for leaf diseases from the 4-leaf to early flag leaf

Registered crops

  • Barley
  • Oats
  • Wheat (spring, winter, durum)

Diseases controlled

  • Fusarium head blight (suppression)
  • Rusts (leaf, stem and stripe) (Puccinia triticina, P. graminis, P. striiformis)
  • Septoria (leaf blotch) (Septoria tritici )
  • Tan spot (Pyrenophora tritici-repentis)
  • Net blotch (Pyrenophora teres)
  • Spot blotch (Cochliobolus sativus)
  • Scald (Rhynchosporium secalis)
  • Powdery mildew (Erysiphe graminis)
  • Crown rust (oat) (Puccinia coronata)
  • Septoria glume blotch

Disease control challenge

Cereal growers are constantly faced with the threat of fusarium head blight and rusts – two of the most yield damaging diseases to cereal crops. Half of spring wheat and two thirds of durum sampled in 2016 contained fusarium damage* and rusts are growing in prevalence with stripe (yellow) rust able to successfully overwinter in Western Canada. These diseases can both have a devastating impact on wheat yield and quality.
*Canadian Grain Commission

Nufarm solution

Hornet fungicide delivers another option to help growers defend their cereal crops against damages from fusarium head blight and rusts. Hornet (Group 3) is a proprietary brand of tebuconazole in a liquid formation, similar to Folicur®, providing Canadian farmers access to another tool to protect their cereal crops from two serious diseases.

Benefits

  • FUSARIUM HEAD BLIGHT suppression in cereal crops
  • ALTERNATIVE TEBUCONAZOLE foliar fungicide
  • Control of stripe rust – a growing issue for Canadian farmers – that has now been found to overwinter in some geographies
  • One solution with many different timings and diseases – can be used from 4-leaf to flowering depending on the disease targeted
  • Crown and stem rust control in oats
  • Timing is critical – apply Hornet prior to onset of disease

Performance tips

  • Apply prior to disease development when heat and humidity are conducive to infections

For fusarium head blight

  • Optimum coverage of the head is required
  • Recommended use of a non-ionic surfactant such as Carrier when sprayed alone for best results
  • Apply from the time 75% of the main heads have emerged up to 50% flowering of the main heads

For leaf disease

  • Apply at the first signs of disease development
  • Best yield results when the flag leaf is protected

 

For specific crop usage information see label for details