BASF Introduces New Versys™ Insecticide
New insecticide will quickly stop aphid feeding
Mississauga, ON, January 9, 2019 – BASF introduces new Versys insecticide for the 2019 season. Versys controls aphids and whiteflies in fruit and vegetable crops.
Powered by the new active ingredient, Inscalis™, Versys rapidly stops aphid and whitefly feeding to prevent damage in many fruit and vegetable crops. Extensive research and commercial trials across Canada and the US have confirmed that Versys also provides an extended duration of control.
“BASF believes that Versys will provide Canadian fruit and vegetable growers with a powerful new tool for aphid management,” said Scott Hodgins, BASF Horticulture Crop Manager. “Throughout the development of Versys, we received consistent customer feedback that the keys to the success of a new insecticide are speed of activity and duration of control – Versys checks both of those boxes.”
Versys also provides a new mode of action from a new group of insecticides (IRAC Group 9D) which allows it to control aphids and whiteflies that may have developed tolerance to other chemistries. Versys does not impact beneficial predatory insects, allowing it to be incorporated into an integrated pest management strategy.
Versys’ Inscalis active ingredient was discovered by a team that included 2015 Nobel Prize recipient, Dr. Satoshi Omura.
Customers can learn more about Versys insecticide at AgSolutions.ca/Horticulture.
| Pests Controlled by Versys | ||||
| Crop | Target Pest | |||
| Leafy vegetables | Green peach aphid | Potato aphid, Lettuce apid |
Sweet potato whitefly | Silverleaf whitefly |
| Fruiting vegetables | Green peach aphid | Potato aphid | Sweet potato whitefly | Silverleaf whitefly |
| Cucurbit vegetables | Melon aphid | Green peach aphid | Sweet potato whitefly | Silverleaf whitefly |
| Pome fruit | Rosy apple aphid | Green apple aphid | ||
| Stone Fruit | Rusty plum aphid | Black cherry aphid | Mealy plum aphid | |
| Leaf petiole vegetables | Green peach aphid | Potato aphid, Lettuce aphid | Sweet potato whitefly | Silverleaf whitefly |
| Tree nuts | Monellia spp. | Little hickory aphid | Yellow pecan aphid | Black marginated aphid |
About BASF
BASF Canada, headquartered in Mississauga Ontario, is the North American affiliate of BASF SE, Ludwigshafen, Germany. BASF has nearly 17,500 employees in North America, and had sales of $17.4 billion in 2015. To find out more about BASF’s activities in Canada, visit www.basf.ca or follow us on twitter www.twitter.com/basfcanada or www.twitter.com/basfagsolutions.
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AgSolutions is a registered trade-mark, and INSCALIS and VERSYS are trade-marks of BASF; all used with permission by BASF Canada Inc. © 2019 BASF Corporation.