Zeltera® cereals seed treatment delivers advanced protection and early-season strength, safeguarding your yield potential from day one. With powerful, broad-spectrum control of seed- and soil-borne diseases like Fusarium spp. and Rhizoctonia solani. Zeltera Cereals seed treatment allows for vigorous root development and healthier stands, setting up your cereals for stronger emergence, improved resilience, and higher productivity throughout the season.

Technical information

Active ingredients: Group 3 fungicide (metconazole), Group 4 fungicide (metalaxyl), Group 7 fungicide (inpyrfluxam), Group 22 fungicide (ethaboxam)

Packaging: Case (2 x 10L), 110L drum

Application: 325 mL/100 kg of seed

Registered crops

  • Barley
  • Buckwheat
  • Millet (Pearl and Proso)
  • Oats
  • Rye
  • Teosinte
  • Triticale
  • Wheat

Diseases controlled

All Crops

  • Seed decay/pre-emergence damping-off (Rhizoctonia solani)
  • Post-emergence damping-off and seedling blight (Rhizoctonia solani) under low to moderate pressure
  • Early season seed rot/pre-emergence damping-off (Fusarium spp. and Rhizoctonia solani)
  • Early season seed rot/pre-emergence damping-off, postemergence damping-off, seedling blight and seedling root rot (Pythium spp.)

Barley

  • Covered smut (Ustilago hordei)
  • False loose smut (Ustilago nigra)
  • True loose smut (Ustilago nuda)

Oats

  • Loose smut (Ustilago avenae)

Wheat

  • Wheat loose smut (Ustilago tritici)

Rye, Triticale, Wheat

  • Common bunt (Tilletia laevis, Tilletia caries syn, Tilletia tritici)

Diseases suppressed

  • Root rot (Rhizoctonia solani) under low to moderate disease pressure

Barley, Oats, Rye, Triticale, Wheat

  • Common root rot (Bipolaris sorokiniana syn. Cochliobolus sativus)

Benefits

  • Protects against early season seed rot/ pre-emergence damping off (Fusarium spp. and Rhizoctonia solani.
  • Ready to apply formulation
  • Activity against metalaxyl resistant pythium

Application Tips

  • For on-farm use and commercial seed treating systems
  • Can be tank-mixed with a labeled rate of an insecticide seed treatment for the control of insect pests
  • Water may be added if required

For specific crop usage information see label for details