BASF Ornamentals Updates

Kathie E Kalmowitz PhDKathie E. Kalmowitz, PhD, Turf and Ornamentals Market Develop. Spec.

Renee J. Keese, PhD, T f d O t l Bi l L dTurf and Ornamental Biology Leader

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BASF Ornamental Portfolio

Herbicides FungicidesHerbicidesPendulum

Fungicides1. Cygnus

FreeHand

Tower

2. Insignia

3. Pageant

Basagran

Segment

4. Stature SC

5. Iprodione Prog p

6. Trinity*

7 BAS 651

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7. BAS 651 * New request for plant safety or pathogen efficacy trial consideration

BASF Purchase of Whitmire Microgen2009

BASF purchases companyBASF purchases company Dec. 2008

St. Louis HeadquartersSt. Louis Headquarters remains

Adds ‘total released’ TR Technology plus oils to products mix for OrnamentalsOrnamentals

Adds 4 sales people – 1 specialist in St. Louis and 3

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specialist in St. Louis and 3 sales in field

Fungicide Group No.: 7 + 11 Active Ingredients: Boscalid + PyraclostrobinActive Ingredients: Boscalid + PyraclostrobinUse Sites: All ornamental uses including, commercial and retail nursery and greenhouses, landscape maintenance and interiorscapes.p pREI: 12 hr

Level of Activity for Pageant™

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Rates by Diseases

P t t i d d t th t t di

Rates by Diseases

Pageant use rate is dependent upon the target diseases and or conditions favorable to disease

B t U d A P t tiBest Used As PreventativeUse rate is 4-18 oz./100 gallons for foliar and crown pathogens

Drench rate is 12-18 for soilborne diseases

Use rate for dip treatments for ornamental bulbs is 23-35 oz./100 gallonsgallons

Do not exceed 7.3 lbs. (118 oz.) per use site per year

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Pageant NeedsPageant Needs

Post Harvest Spray Applications and Uses (potential for usePost Harvest Spray Applications and Uses (potential for use for Botrytis, Alternaria, Fusarium, Rhizoctonia, Penicillium and Rhizopus) Storage RotsStorage RotsDip bare roots prior to cold storageBlight and Wilts gDip cuttings prior to plantingCorm and Bulb Rots Dip corms or bulbs prior to storageDip corms or bulbs prior to storageSprays to stems or vegetative parts prior to propagating, potting, bare-root, or as plant parts brought in from field

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Introducing Stature SCIntroducing Stature SC

new liquid formulationnew liquid formulation technology gy

Stature SC

Fungicides: Group No.40Fungicides: Group No.40Fungicides: Group No.40 Fungicides: Group No.40

Diseases Controlled: Phytophthora, Downy MildewDiseases Controlled: Phytophthora, Downy Mildew

Chemical Class: Cinnamic Acid DerivativeChemical Class: Cinnamic Acid DerivativeActive Ingredient: DimethomorphActive Ingredient: Dimethomorph

Trade Names: Stature 500 SC (Stature DM 50 WP will be Trade Names: Stature 500 SC (Stature DM 50 WP will be discontinued) discontinued)

Use Sites: Greenhouse, Field and Container Nurseries, Use Sites: Greenhouse, Field and Container Nurseries, Shadehouses, Lathhouses, including conifer seedling Shadehouses, Lathhouses, including conifer seedling nurseriesnurseries

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nurseriesnurseries

REI: 12 hr REI: 12 hr

Additional Work With Stature SCdd t o a o t Statu e SC

More evaluations on differences in activity to foliarMore evaluations on differences in activity to foliar, crown and root Phytophthora spp.

U f d ild i t tiUses for downy mildew in program rotations

Need for Interiorscape and landscape ornamental uses

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Initium®Initium(BAS 650F)

An innovative fungicideof a new chemical class

for the control of oomycetes

Initium is not registered by the US EPA and is not available for sale. This presentation is for informational purposes only and is not intended to promote the sale of the product. Any sale p p y p p yof this product after registration is obtained shall be solely on the basis of the EPA-approved product label, and any claims regarding product safety and efficacy shall be addressed solely by the label.

I iti ® Th K B fitReliable & highly active against oomycete diseases with

Initium® – The Key BenefitsReliable & highly active against oomycete diseases with excellent selectivity

Innovative complex III inhibitor of a new chemical class and a new tool in resistance management

Very favorable regulatory profile

Premium preventive action

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World-wide registrations and import tolerances

Proposed Uses of Initium®Proposed Uses of Initium

Application Application RatesRates

200 – 300 g/ha in combination with other fungicides of a different mode of action

SSSpray Spray IntervalInterval 7 - 14 days

F iF iFungi Fungi ControlledControlled Downy mildew & Phytophthora diseases

Ornamentals*

CropsCrops

OrnamentalsGrapes, Solanaceae crops (potatoes,

tomatoes & others) cucurbits leafy & fruiting vegetables

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cucurbits, leafy & fruiting vegetables,bulb vegetables, brassicas, hops,

Initium®Spectrum Of ActivityP t tP t t Ph t hth i f tPotatoesPotatoes Phytophthora infestansTomatoesTomatoes Phytophthora infestansGrapesGrapes Plasmopara viticolaGrapesGrapes Plasmopara viticolaVegetablesVegetables Peronospora spp.VegetablesVegetables Phytophthora spp.VegetablesVegetables Phytophthora spp.CucurbitsCucurbits Pseudoperonospora cubensisLettuceLettuce Bremia lactucaeHopsHops Pseudoperonospora humuli

OrnamentalsOrnamentalsPhytophthora spp.Plasmopara Peronospora spp

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OrnamentalsOrnamentals Plasmopara, Peronospora spp.

A New Choice In Resistance Management

Initium® displays no cross-resistance to fungicide classes of

phenylamides (e.g. metalaxyl)

Qo inhibitors (e g strobilurins)Qo inhibitors (e.g. strobilurins)

carboxylic acid amides (e.g. dimethomorph)

b i id l SDH i hibit t i l d i id lbenzimidazoles, SDH inhibitors, triazoles and imidazoles

As a pro-active measure, Initium will be marketed only as ready mixes inp , y y

combination with other fungicidal active ingredients of a different mode ofaction. The partners will complement the activity spectrum and deliver

built-in resistance management for Initium and vice versa.

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– a new tool for resistance management

Initium® – Summary

New proprietary chemical class: pyrimidylamines

The mode-of-actionNew proprietary chemical class: pyrimidylamines

Initium® inhibits respiration at complex III

Exact binding site at complex III is not yet known

No cross-resistance to important oomycete fungicide classes

Qdetected, including complex III Qo inhibitors

Cross-resistance to QiI fungicides cannot be excluded

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Cross-resistance to QiI fungicides cannot be excluded

is the innovative complex III inhibitor of a new chemical class

Initium®

Registration TimelinesFirst registration expected in 2010First registration expected in 2010.

Annex II Initium registration dossier submitted for reviewAnnex II Initium registration dossier submitted for review in Europe in September 2008. MRL dossier submitted as an application for EU MRLs for all European uses d l d tdeveloped up to now.

World-wide registration campaign for Initium products inWorld-wide registration campaign for Initium products in progress.

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is on track for world-wide registration

BASF HerbicidesBASF Herbicides

BASAGRAN T / O®

Basagran ® T/O

2009 Dimethenamid-P Focus2009 Dimethenamid P Focus

FreeHand™ 1 75GR and Tower® 6 lb EC FormulationsFreeHand 1.75GR and Tower® 6 lb EC Formulations

Continued tolerance testing with IR-4 and BASF protocols to get more plants on both labels. Submit Tower to CAget more plants on both labels. Submit Tower to CA

To determine if Tower applications for Over-the-Top can be allowed for container and field nursery productiony p

To determine if greater tolerance is exhibited for landscape uses over-the-top applications than to potted transplants

Tolerance on ornamental grasses with either product

Tolerance when used in cell trays

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Tolerance when used in cell trays

Other uses of Tower in production

Plant Tolerance Additional Species Identified

FreeHandAchillea ‘Moonshine’ Aquilegia caerulea

‘Songbird Blue Jay’

FreeHand perennial safety by species

T th tTower over-the-top minimal watch-outs on woodys

Grasses remain very sensitive-landscape better

Agastache barberi ‘Tutti Frutti’ Sambucus nigra ‘Black Lace’

Annual bedding plants safety by species – Begonia

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All Photo Set-up: (IR-4 2008, B. Trader, Miss. St., MS) Untrt, FreeHand 1x, 2x, 4x: 4 WAT2

p gnot safe

Plant Tolerance C ll Si / Ti i f A li tiCell Size/ Timing of Applications

Nurseries moving to ‘reduced steps in production’Nurseries moving to reduced steps in production

Cell trays continue to be source of weed propagule transfer

Situation: Potting to 1 gal from 16 to 280 cell tray sizesSituation: Potting to 1 gal from 16 to 280 cell tray sizes

Results: Trays larger than 72 too injurious; applications into propagation trays more research neededpropagation trays more research needed

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Additional Weed Species/ Uses dd t o a eed Spec es/ Uses

Work to determineWork to determine use with both formulations and

Treatments Lb/A 56 DAT1 56 DAT2

actives on invasives

Work with Tower l i d Control - 0 c 0 c

DMTA-P + Pendi 200 76.7 ab 95.0 aTriflu. + Ixosaben 200 100 a 84.4 ab

on gravel in and around greenhouse

Use in field 200 100 a 84.4 abOxy. + Pendi. 100 100 a 88.5 ab

Data provided by Dr. Robert Stamps, Univ. of Florida, Apopka

Use in field production of bulb-like crops –

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Photo courtesy of Dr. R. Stamps, U Florida

gladiolus, caladiums, callas, others

In Summary: Di th id P 2009Dimethenamid-P 2009

BASF combined with IR-4 approximately 30 more woody speciesBASF combined with IR-4 approximately 30 more woody species will be added to FreeHand label for 2010.

FreeHand on perennials: label to list approx. 10 more species

FreeHand uses on annuals will need more trials. May be differences in landscape and in container production.

Tower label to allow Over-The-Top container and field applications

Tower additional woody species approx. 10-20 (trials in 2009)

Not enough information on perennials at this time. Priority could be for safety in landscape

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Both labels will identify plants where no safety was observed= risk high

Basagran® T/O herbicideBasagran® T/O herbicide

IR-4 has worked with this active ingredient for 30 yearsIR-4 has worked with this active ingredient for 30 years

The ornamental and turf uses are sold by BASF Turf and OrnamentalsOrnamentals

IR-4 has identified 27 additional species that can be registered for Over-the-Top applications with possible single application p pp p g pprestriction to some.

To get label into EPA this fall for uses sometime in 2010 as supplemental.

Basagran T/O not registered in CA.

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BASF Purchase of Whitmire Microgen2009

BASF purchases companyBASF purchases company Dec. 2008

St. Louis HeadquartersSt. Louis Headquarters remains

Adds ‘time released’ TR Technology plus oils to products mix for OrnamentalsOrnamentals

Adds 4 sales people – 1 specialist in St. Louis and 3

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specialist in St. Louis and 3 sales in field