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New Products Vive AZteroid FC 3.3 AZteroid FC 3.3 fungicide recently received approval from the EPA. AZteroid FC 3.3 is a new, higher-concentration formulation of the popular AZteroid FC fungicide from Vive Crop Protection. Farmers who grow sugarbeets, potatoes, dry beans, alfalfa or corn are going to find that AZteroid FC 3.3 provides the same excellent disease control and mixability with liquid fertilizer as its predecessor. It's simply a more concentrated formulation for added convenience. AZteroid FC 3.3 is double the concentration of AZteroid FC, meaning that application rates will be cut in half. For both growers and retailers, AZteroid FC 3.3 will take up less storage space, require less transportation cost and fewer jugs to handle. Both AZteroid FC and AZteroid FC 3.3 contain the Allosperse Delivery System, which uses nanotechnology to allow active ingredients to mix well with liquid fertilizer, other chemicals, micronutrients and hard water. Contact Vive Crop Protection at www.ViveCrop.com. Valent MycoApply EndoMaxx MycoApply soil health products contain a diverse combination of beneficial mycorrhizal fungi species to help improve nutrient efficiency, drought tolerance and yield potential. These beneficial fungi rapidly establish a symbiotic relationship with the plant, producing hyphae that can access small soil spaces that root hairs can't. These hyphae expand beyond the root zone, which increases the root surface area by as much as 50 times, and produce enzymes that release tightly bound nutrients in the soil. MycoApply is available in formulations designed for specific crops and grower needs. Contact Valent U.S.A. at www.valent.com/agriculture. Lindsay FieldNET Pivot Watch Lindsay Corporation announces a new addition to its industry-leading Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) offering: FieldNET Pivot Watch. The patent-pending innovation includes a solar-powered remote telemetry device that mounts onto any center pivot irrigation system, regardless of pivot age or brand, and a monitor-only subscription to Lindsay's award-winning FieldNET irrigation management platform. FieldNET helps growers optimize water use efficiency, save time and ultimately improve yields and profit. Pivot Watch is compact and lightweight, and attaches directly to the span pipe with a simple aluminum band, without the need to connect to the electric circuitry of the pivot. Though simple in design and low-cost, the device has integrated cellular connectivity, GPS positioning and other embedded sensors, enabling growers to remotely "watch" or monitor their pivot's functions using the FieldNET app. For more information about FieldNET technology, visit www.myfieldnet.com.huntseedcompany.com. BASF Endura Fungicide Endura fungicide offers growers an effective mode of action with superior control of white mold and foliar diseases, including early blight and suppression of gray mold. It is a preventive fungicide that inhibits new growth of fungal cells while also blocking the energy production in existing cells. Endura fungicide is an effective and reliable product for the protection and control of a wide variety of diseases, because its site of action is different from strobulirins and most other fungicides. It also works extremely well in fungicide-resistance management rotations. Contact BASF at (973) 245-6000 or www.GrowSmartPotatoes.com. Agdia AmplifyRP XRT+ Agdia, Inc. has commercialized a rapid, user-friendly molecular assay, on their AmplifyRP XRT+ platform, for the detection of Dickeya spp. causing blackleg disease on potato. The AmplifyRP XRT+ assay for detection of Dickeya spp. is an isothermal amplification technology that implements the recombinase polymerase amplification (RPA) platform. This method provides comparable sensitivity and specificity to polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assays while offering advantages to PCR. Crude plant extracts are processed for RPA, and total assay time is approximately 30 to 40 minutes, including sample preparation. Results can be visualized in quantitative, real- time format using Agdia's AmpliFire portable fluorometer or as end-point detection in an amplicon detection chamber. Furthermore, RPA does not require expertise in molecular diagnostics to perform. For more information on Agdia's complete line of AmplifyRP assays, visit www.agdia.com.