Dow AgroSciences recently received federal registration from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for new Lorsban Advanced insecticide. Lorsban Advanced offers the same benefits of Lorsban-4E but uses innovative technology to produce a low-odor, water-based formulation.

“Dow AgroSciences is excited to offer an improvement on a trusted solution that growers have come to rely on,” says Brian Timmerman, product manager for Lorsban Advanced.

“Lorsban Advanced represents the end of a multi-year research and development process by Dow AgroSciences resulting in an innovative agricultural product,” Timmerman said. “It is a continuation of our commitment to providing novel solutions to pest problems both today and in the future.”

Lorsban Advanced contains the active ingredient chlorpyrifos — the same as in Lorsban-4E, one of the most widely used insecticides in agriculture. The new product will replace Lorsban-4E in the marketplace.

“Growers can use Lorsban Advanced to control damaging crop pests in the same way they used Lorsban-4E, with the added benefit of a lower odor,” says Sam Ferguson, field scientist for Dow AgroSciences.

Lorsban Advanced is formulated as an emulsion in water. This water-based formulation differs from Lorsban-4E, which is an emulsifiable concentrate. It is the only chlorpyrifos-containing insecticide available as an EW in the United States.

Lorsban Advanced offers growers superb versatility to control insects in soybeans, corn, wheat, pome fruit, tree nuts, grapes, citrus, vegetables and other crops. The insecticide provides superior control of all cutworm species as well as broad-spectrum control of aphids, scale, spider mites, citrus psylla, lepidopterous insects and other pests.

Tank-mix flexibility is another attribute of Lorsban Advanced. The new product is compatible with miticides, fungicides, non-pressure fertilizer solutions and other insecticides.

Lorsban Advanced offers the same great efficacy, quick knockdown and residual control that users have come to expect. “The use rate and application characteristics remain the same as Lorsban-4E, making for an easy transition to the new formulation,” Ferguson said.

Learn more at www.dowagro.com.