The granular formulation of DuPont’s Acelepryn insecticide has been registered by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). With just one early application of Acelepryn, turf professionals can control all 10 key turf-damaging white grub species plus surface-feeding insects such as cutworms, webworms, annual bluegrass weevils and billbugs. With the EPA registration complete for Acelepryn granular insecticide, DuPont expects the majority of state registrations to be complete by early 2009 – just in time for the early spring application season.
Acelepryn is designed to control white grubs and other turf-damaging pests on a wide range of sites such as residential and commercial lawns, public turf sites including golf courses, athletic fields, parks and playgrounds as well as landscape ornamentals – including trees, shrubs, flower, foliage plants and groundcovers. Acelepryn uses a unique class of chemistry with a novel mode of action and active ingredient that has been classified as EPA Reduced Risk for turf applications.
“As turf professionals have learned, there are many benefits to Acelepryn. It allows professionals to save money by controlling multiple pests with a single, early application – eliminating subsequent treatments,” says Mike McDermott, global business leader for DuPont Professional Products. “Acelepryn has a low impact on non-target organisms, and its EPA reduced-risk classified active ingredient has the lowest water solubility of any white grub control product on the market.
“We’re planning to respond to that interest by launching Acelepryn™ combined with fertilizer in spring 2009,” McCermott adds.