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Escolta is our class-leading sugar beet fungicide that delivers excellent control of the four major foliar diseases alongside combined strobilurin and triazole yield enhancement. It offers high levels of disease control and boosts yields to increase productivity for sugar beet producers.

It has been demonstrated throughout 8 years of independent trials that Escolta gives you unbeatable return on your investment through increased yield. In a series of trials by Broom’s Barn, British Sugar and Bayer CropScience, T1 sprays achieved an average 7.7 T/Ha yield increase over untreated sugar beet.  In two-spray programmes, T2 sprays achieved an additional 4.8 T/Ha over the untreated control for late lifted sugar beet.  This was a 4.2 T/Ha increase in yield over its nearest competitor.

Proven yield-boosting performance across 7 years of beet crops
Specially formulated against the four major foliar diseases: powdery mildew, rust, Ramularia and Cercospora leaf spot
Combined physiological effects of strobilurin and triazole components give the best leaf-greening response
Drought tolerance benefit of trifloxystrobin maintains yields under water stress
Co-formulation provides built-in resistance management
Low dose rate reduces packaging

To get the best from Escolta, apply a T1 spray as disease enters the crop before it has become established. Apply your T2 spray three to four weeks afterwards and by mid-September, at the latest, to give full protection to crops lifted from the latter half of October onwards, and to maximise leaf-greening.
Escolta will give a physiological boost to yield, even in situations where disease pressure is very low.
For best results apply Escolta prior to the onset of disease
T1 sprays are typically applied in late July or early August. Escolta persists for three to four weeks, so a well-timed T1 spray will keep the crop protected right through the cereal harvest and into September.
Assess the need for a T2 spray in late August or early September depending on disease pressure and planned lifting. Escolta’s short harvest interval of 21 days provides the flexibility to take advantage of a T2 spray and lift early. In a year where there is significant disease pressure, a T2 spray gives an economic response where October lifting is planning. A healthy crop can continue to gain 3t/ha per week during October.
Where you are lifting beyond October, a T2 spray gives full protection into the winter. In addition to building yield it helps to maintain a healthy canopy and protect roots and crowns from frost damage

FOR USE ONLY AS AN AGRICULTURAL FUNGICIDE

SUGAR BEET
Maximum individual dose: 0.35 litre of product per hectare
Maximum number of treatments: 2 per crop
Latest time of application: Up to 21 days before harvest

DIRECTIONS FOR USE
Trifloxystrobin is a strobilurin fungicide.
IMPORTANT: This information is approved as part of the Product Label. All instructions within this section must be read carefully in order to obtain safe and successful use of this product.

RESTRICTIONS
PROTECT FROM FROST
STORE IN A COOL DRY PLACE

DISEASES CONTROLLED
Powdery mildew
Rust
Cercospora leaf spot
Ramularia leaf spot
Through controlling foliar diseases, green leaf area will be prolonged during the period up to harvest.

TIMING AND DOSE
Apply Escolta at 0.35 L/ha at the onset of disease, usually late July / early August. Escolta will give most effective disease control when applied as the disease first becomes active in the crop and before disease becomes established. Escolta will give prolonged protection from re-infection, but a second spray may be applied 3-4 weeks later if crops are at risk from later attacks.

CROP SPECIFIC INFORMATION
Escolta may be used on all varieties of sugar beet.

APPLICATION
Water volume
Apply in 200-400 litres of water per hectare.

SPRAY QUALITY
Apply as a MEDIUM quality spray (as defined by BCPC).

MIXING AND SPRAYING
SHAKE WELL BEFORE USE. 
Add half the volume of clean water to the spray tank. Turn on the agitation and add the recommended quantity of Escolta. Maintain continuous agitation until spraying is complete, including topping up the spray tank and during spraying and any stoppages until the spray tank is empty. Wash out all spray equipment thoroughly with water immediately after use. Sprayers should be thoroughly cleaned before use, and filters and jets checked for damage and blockages. Ensure that the spray bars are set at the correct height to give a good spray cover, and that alternate spray cones or fans meet
just above the crop. Even cover with a well-mixed spray is essential for good results. In dense crops, higher water volumes should be used.

DISEASE RESISTANCE
Escolta contains trifloxystrobin, a member of the Qol cross resistance group and should always be used as early as possible in the disease cycle. Use as part of an Integrated Crop Management (ICM) strategy incorporating other methods of control, including where appropriate other fungicides with a different mode of action. Certain diseases may develop resistance to Bayer CropScience Limited’s products. Since such circumstances are beyond our control, Bayer CropScience can accept no liability for any loss or damage whatsoever.