Product Information
Luna® fungicides are breakthrough innovations from Bayer. Working within plants through systemic movement, Luna provides an effective approach to resistance management and long-term protection from key diseases. With the outstanding efficacy of Luna Sensation® and Luna Experience®, almond growers can be confident that the most problematic diseases are controlled.
Key Benefits
- Outstanding Efficacy Against Key Diseases – Luna Sensation provides efficacy equal or superior to current leading fungicides for control of Brown rot blossom blight, Shot hole, Scab, Anthracnose, Alternaria leaf spot and other key diseases of almonds.
- Resistant Disease Control – Luna Experience offers excellent control of Alternaria where other products fail due to resistance.
- Early Bud Penetration – Both Luna Experience and Luna Sensation penetrate green tissue and move systemically into closed buds, providing complete protection against Brown rot blossom blight through bloom, even when sprayed 15 days before blossoms open.
- Hull Rot Suppression – Luna Sensation suppresses Hull rot in almond crops.
- Pre-harvest Intervals (PHI) – Luna Experience features a pre-harvest interval of 35 days, and Luna Sensation has a pre-harvest interval of 14 days.
- Optimum Rotational Partner – Using Scala® fungicide followed by Luna fungicide in almonds offers resistance management and higher yields.
Key Pests
- Alternaria Leaf Spot
- Anthracnose
- Brown Rot Blossom Blight
- Scab
- Shot hole
- Jacket Rot
- Almond Leaf Rust
- Hull Rot
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