b'PARTNER CONTENTCorteva Agriscience looking to partner inseed applied solutions C orteva Agriscience is among the very most trusted names in seed and crop protection tools. Now, the industry leader has expanded into complete seed applied solutions: an important step forward for the company and a major win for the agriculture industry.Our goal is to deliver superior, full-recipe protection for farm-ers crops right from the start.This will help maximize produc-tivity and profitability through harvest, says David Borgmeier, Cortevas US Category Leader for seed applied technologies. Were entering the seed applied technologies market to bring the full value of Cortevas research and scientific capacity to growers and to our partners, and we expect to be a significant player in this arena.While Corteva has sourced components for its own seed brands for multiple years, the companys decision to build offer-ing a full seed applied technology platform to others will increase the companys marketplace reach and provide partnership oppor-tunities to channel partners and farmers.Corteva is off to a running start, securing and launching six new seed applied technology offers within just the last year. While the companys primary focus is on premium solutions for corn and soybeans, it will also offer effective options for a host of other crops including cereals, cotton and rice. Some of Cortevas new seed applied offerings include:Cortevas three-step development process includes:-Lumisena fungicide seed treatment: the backbone of CortevasDiscovery. Corteva has the reach to screen a comprehensive soybean treatment offers a unique fungicide for Phytophthora,and ever-growing library of conventional and new-chemistry fun-the number one yield inhibiting disease in soybeans.Thegicides, insecticides, biologicals, and hard chemistry ingredients soybean product offer also provides superior protection fromfor efficacy against todays biggest yield robbers.Working not Pythium spp., Fusarium spp., and Rhizoctonia solani; only from its own platforms of crop protection and biologicals but - Lumiscend Pro fungicide seed treatment: a new three-wayalso via collaborations with others, Corteva is able to provide pre-fungicidal seed treatment specifically formulated to protectmium products from across the industry to build superior recipes. corn against Pythium spp., Fusarium spp., and RhizoctoniaDevelopment. Cortevas extensive trialing system, as well as its solani. This is the first time these ingredients have beenreach through partner collaborators, means Corteva can vet tech-offered in a premix offer from Corteva. nologies from small research trials to an extremely large scale. -Lumialza nematicide seed treatment: a biological nematicideDelivery. Corteva engages its proven PASSER approval system, that shields corn roots for more than 80 days while supportinga system that ensures each new technology aligns and exceeds beneficial organisms.Plant Ability, Applications, Seed Safety, Stewardship, Efficacy and Borgmeier credits Cortevas proven product developmentRegulatory checks. Once a technology passes Cortevas rigor-progression for the companys rapid success in seed appliedous approval system, the company knows the product is ready to technologies.market. We follow a very specific process that, in combination withBorgmeier states, Cortevas goal now is to implement a route our size and experience, ensures the component ingredients andto market that provides value to the channel and helps more complete recipes we deliver will work from the research lab all thefarmers access premium products, which will support their sus-way to the planter unit and into the growing crop, he says.tainability and profitability.Trademarks of Corteva Agriscience and its affiliated companies. Lumiscend Pro, Lumisena and Lumialza may not be registered for sale or use in all states. Contact your state pesticide regulatory agency to determine if a product is registered for sale or use in your state. Always read and follow label directions.DECEMBER 2022SEEDWORLD.COM /89'