Stalwart Receives Supplemental Label

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Durham, North Carolina (April 15, 2011)--SipcamAdvan announced today that Stalwart® Herbicide is now approved for use on tomatoes in California. Stalwart is a metolachlor product offering outstanding, cost effective preemergence weed control. One application takes care of a broad spectrum of troublesome weeds including foxtail, fall panicum, crabgrass, pigweed, yellow nutsedge and many others.

Stalwart may be applied post-directed to direct seeded tomatoes. On transplanted tomatoes Stalwart may be applied pre-plant incorporated or pre-plant before transplanting. Application may also be made post-directed to transplants after the first settling rain or irrigation.

Stalwart Herbicide is an emulsifiable concentrate formulation labeled for use on a wide variety of crops. Stalwart contains 8 pounds of metolachlor per gallon and provides preemergence control of annual grasses and small-seeded broadleaf weeds.

Giovanni Mattaini, Product Manager for SipcamAdvan explains the importance of metolachlor. “As a basic registrant and strategic global supplier of metolachlor, SipcamAdvan invests significant resources to maintain and expand the Stalwart label; offering more solutions for growers. Stalwart offers growers an economical, effective preemergence herbicide for use on tomatoes.”