Bayer HortCast - Episode 1 April 2020

Bayer HortCast Episode 1 is hosted by Craig White -Market Development Agronomist at Bayer Australia.
Craig talks horticulture with Bayer Territory Business Manager Darren Alexander and Market Development Agronomist Troy Mulcahy. We talk about the challenges of the recent bush-fires and COVID-19, and ways our Bayer team will continue to bring growers and advisers the information you need for protecting your horticultural crops, which increasingly play and important role in producing healthy, nutritious and sustainable fresh food.

In this episode we cover topics including successful use of Serenade® Opti in Wine grapes and Strawberries over a couple of seasons, Movento® for sucking insect pests including Plutella and Infinito® fungicide Containing two new modes of action for foliar application, providing an ideal resistance management alternative for growers.
Troy talks about some current developments under way such as *Vayego® a new insecticide to protect a range crops, and also explains an important partnership with Hort Innovation Australia Ltd. to ensure minor crop issues can be managed, while label extensions are being developed.

Hort Innovation Project ST17000 (Vayego-Bayer studies)
This project has been funded by Hort Innovation, using the vegetables, raspberries and blackberries, persimmons, olives, custard apple, lychee, passionfruit, avocado, mango, pineapple, potato, sweet potato and strawberry research and development levy, co-investment from the Department of Agriculture and contributions from the Australian Government. Hort Innovation is the grower-owned, not-for-profit research and development corporation for Australian horticulture.
https://www.horticulture.com.au/

*An application for registration of Vayego has been made. At the time of release of this Hortcast. Vayego is not a registered product.

TWITTER CONTACTS
Darren Alexander twitter.com/darrenbayer2015
Craig White twitter.com/photobycw
Bayer Crop Science Australia: twitter.com/Bayer4CropsAU

Users of products must read the label attached to the product before use. Labels and Safety Data Sheets are available at Bayer Crop Science: www.crop.bayer.com.au
Some products mentioned may still be under development with an application for registration submitted. Such products will not be available for commercial use until APVMA registration approval is granted.