Catégorie : Acelepryn

NEWS: Wednesday 10th June 4pm GMT – Live Acelepryn Q and A Webinar with Henry Bechelet from ICL and me answering your questions – register here. The Emergency Authorisation for Acelepryn in 2020 has been granted only for Chafers and whilst we are waiting for the second authorisation to be approved by the EPC I…

Well it’s started – I wrote a couple of weeks back about (click here to see …) the two distinct hatches we saw in Craneflies last year. This Spring has been painful for Course Managers and I suspect we are now seeing the true scale of the challenge we face managing this pest. We have…

Last year we launched the Syngenta PestTracker – a tool to help us gauge the when we see insects hatching in the UK. We were overwhelmed with the response from the industry with over 500 responses from you throughout the year. This information has been incredibly useful and formed part of the Emergency Authorisation application…

Last year’s Syngenta PestTracker exercise showed far more engagement from CraneFly spotters than by Chafer watchers. Why is this? The number of reported flights tell a story- Cranefly – 460 Welsh Chafer – 21 CockChafer- 19 Garden Chafer- 19 Summer Chafer – 3 2019 did seem to be a low pressure year for Chafers, less…

Last year the Syngenta #PestTracker was really well adopted by the industry and gave us a fascinating insight into the flight patterns of both Chafer and Cranefly. There are many early insights from this exercise and I plead with you to continue to engage this season. The Video shows the times reported by industry over…

We’ve had a great response to the Syngenta PestTracker data collection project this year. Everyone who has contributed – Thank you. Whilst it has some limitations: Only enthused turf managers entering data Data concentrated to areas with higher levels of turf managers / Managed turf facilities Accuracy of how many times the data is entered…

Great Question from Jonathan on twitter today. The timing of Acelepryn is key to getting success out of the product but with the Emergency Authorisation deadline looming!. I’ve put a quick 4 minute video to try and explain best practice. Ok so here goes: Key to success is to maximise the period of exposure of…

September 2019. We are now entering the beginning of the big Cranefly hatch season. The last two weeks have seen the Cranefly sightings beginning to increase. During the summer months we saw a slow trickle of sightings on the Syngenta Pest Tracker but I feel we are now entering the beginning of the big hatch…

It’s highly likely that you’re sat on your Acelepryn right now looking for the late summer Cranefly hatch. Improving your application of this product will help you get the very best out of this product and we’ve put together a number of tips to help you with that. Apply preventatively – our studies show that…

The Emergency Authorisation for the use of the Syngenta insecticide, Acelepryn, for the control of chafer grubs and leatherjacket was reapproved for the 2019 season. Get the most from every application of Acelepryn – find out how here. Leatherjackets can cause damage to turf through extensive feeding on roots, which can be severe in localised…