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Syngenta

www.syngentapmp.com

Syngenta introduces Optigard Fire Ant Bait, the latest addition to the Optigard family of products. This new product offers a powerful, dual mode-of-action formula with both a stomach insecticide and an insect growth regulator to provide long-lasting control of both workers and reproductive fire ants, the company reports.

Optigard Fire Ant Bait is highly attractive to foraging ants and is readily taken into the mound and transferred to the queen, workers and ant larvae, according to Syngenta. The bait’s rapid mound reduction and brood decrease allow it to control a variety of fire ant species, including red imported fire ants and southern fire ants.

The company recommends that PMPs use Optigard Fire Ant Bait as part of a two-step program. The first step is applying a uniform application of Optigard Fire Ant Bait over the target area without disrupting the mounds. Then, after about a week, apply individual mound treatments, such as a mound drench with Optigard Flex.

The bait comes ready to use and is packaged in a 2-pound jug with a shaker top. The product is formulated in a corn grit base with an oil attractant. The bait’s active ingredient, abamectin, is a slow-acting insecticide which allows foraging ants to transfer the bait throughout the colony and eventually to the queen.

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LG Life Sciences

LG Life Sciences has introduced Fenvastar Plus 8.4% EC as part of its strategy to offer green formulations. In late 2009, LG introduced Lambdastar 9.7% CS with EcoCap Technology, which utilizes vegetable oil to form microcapsules. Now, LG Life Sciences is introducing Fenvastar Plus, designed to be a unique new type of emulsifiable concentrate. LG says it has incorporated solvents and emulsifiers that contain infinitesimal levels of petroleum distillates. As a result, Fenvastar Plus has an extremely low VOC rating, according to the company. Also, since there is no "flash off" of solvents, LG says, the odor of Fenvastar Plus is very low for mixing and at application. The company points out low VOC ratings are particularly important in states mandating VOC reduction in all products. Fenvastar Plus contains the food-area use active ingredient, esfenvalerate. PMPs can get 38 finished gallons from 1 pint of Fenvastar Plus, the company says.

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TIGG Corporation

www.tigg.com

TIGG Corporation announced that the TIGG Methyl Bromide Recapture System meets and in some installations exceeds the specification set by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (USDA-APHIS).

For several years, USDA’s Agricultural Research Service has directed research toward the development of methyl bromide alternatives and methyl bromide recapture systems. According to TIGG, the TIGG Methyl Bromide Recapture System complies with USDA requirements by reducing emissions by at least 80 percent, retaining approved fumigation and aeration times mandated by the Plant Protection and Quarantine treatment manual, and reducing the methyl bromide concentration in emissions to under 500 ppm. TIGG Corporation engineered and manufactured the TIGG Methyl Bromide Recapture System through a cooperative program between GFK Consulting LTD, USDA-ARS and Great Lakes Corporation (now Chemtura). During development, the Methyl Bromide Recapture System was proven in laboratory and pilot scale tests and has since operated successfully in commercial installations throughout the U.S, the manufacturer says.

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Dow AgroSciences

www.dowagro.com/ppm

Dow AgroSciences is offering a special promotion on its Hex-Pro Termite Baiting System. With the purchase of four cartons of Hex-Pro termite stations, pest management professionals will receive one carton free. With the purchase of four cases of wood monitors, they will receive one case free. The offer is good through March 2010.

For more than a decade, the active ingredient in Shatter termite bait, used in the Hex-Pro System, has provided effective control of termites, according to Dow AgroSciences. The company says its Hex-Pro System is environmentally sensible because it uses a minimal amount of Shatter termite bait to treat the termite colony only where and when termite activity is discovered.

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Bird-B-Gone

www.birdbgone.com

Bird-B-Gone has been granted a patent on the company’s polycarbonate bird spike, Bird Spike 2000. Known as the "Original Plastic Bird Spike," the spikes are made from a UV-protected polycarbonate and carry a five-year guarantee, the company says. Bird Spike 2000 is designed to be an effective and humane way to deter pest birds from landing on window ledges, roof lines, parapet walls, I-beams, and more, the company says.

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Rockwell Labs Ltd

www.rockwelllabs.com

Rockwell Labs Ltd introduced new SeptiTreat with InVade Technology. The company says SeptiTreat is a 100 percent natural, non-toxic, biological treatment designed to keep septic systems functioning properly and sewer lines flowing. SeptiTreat contains premium natural microbes that digest organic waste and reduce odors. The product can be used to treat fats, oils, grease, carbohydrates, proteins, cellulose and urea. As an add-on sale opportunity, one 8-ounce bottle of SeptiTreat can be poured into the toilet and flushed. Septi-Treat also can be poured down a drain, followed by about a gallon of water. One treatment is adequate for a typical household on a quarterly basis, the company says.

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