Bayer promotes Luna® Experience, a Fluopyram fungicide, in Australia

Bayer has launched Luna® Experience in Australia, a fungicide containing active ingredients Fluopyram and Tebuconazole to address the challenges faced by local melon growers in managing key fungal diseases such as cranberry blight and powdery mildew.

Luna® Experience has a dual mode of action that provides melon growers with a new disease management tool. Especially in the control of blight, the introduction of this product is seen as a major breakthrough in the industry, as there is a relative lack of chemicals on the market that can effectively control the disease.

In field trials during the 2023 winter growing season, Luna® Experience demonstrated significantly better results in controlling vine blight and powdery mildew than conventional chemicals. The fungicide is applied at the late germination and early flowering stages of crops to provide excellent residual control and help maintain healthy crop growth.

In addition, Luna® Experience's preventive application strategy of applying before the disease develops ensures that growers have a head start in disease management, an early intervention approach that is critical to keeping crops healthy and increasing productivity. Luna® Experience also has excellent crop safety and canning capabilities, and is compatible with other fungicides and insecticides used on the farm, providing a strong guarantee of crop health.