HEADLINE

Unprecedented Control of Key Disease

• The formulation and chemical properties of HEADLINE fungicide allow it to bind tightly to the waxy cuticle when applied to the leaf’s upper surface.
• The systemic properties also allow HEADLINE to move through the leaf and control disease on the lower surface of the leaf.
• This unique activity enables HEADLINE to protect both sides of the leaf regardless of the side it is applied to, delivering dual-sided protection.
• Once applied, HEADLINE stops spore germination, preventing spores from infecting plant tissue.
• By interfering with fungal cell respiration and the production of energy, HEADLINE fungicide also causes fungi to stop growing and die.

Lentils

• Ascochyta and Anthracnose can dramatically affect lentil yields and quality.
• HEADLINE delivers new levels of control for both Ascochyta and Anthracnose in lentils.

Field Peas

• Pea yields and quality can be reduced by infections of Powdery Mildew or Mycosphaerella blight prior to harvest.
• HEADLINE provides superior protection from both diseases, increasing yield and harvestability.

Dry Beans

• The most common disease of dry beans is Sclerotinia.
• However, diseases like Anthracnose and Rust are causing yield and quality issues for many growers.
• HEADLINE is the only product registered for control of Anthracnose and Rust in dry beans, giving growers a new tool to protect their valuable crop.

Corn

• With HEADLINE fungicide, it all starts with great disease control. But it continues throughout the season with visibly hardier plants that show improved stress tolerance and growth efficiency.
• By harvest you can anticipate higher corn yields and better standability.

Cereals

• HEADLINE provides unprecedented control of the major leaf diseases in cereals, including tan spot, septoria leaf spot, leaf rust, powdery mildew and spot blotch in wheat and net blotch, spot blotch, stripe rust and scald in barley.
• This new level of disease control results in higher yields vs. competitive products.

Flax

• Early infection of Pasmo can reduce the yield and quality of flax substantially.
• HEADLINE fungicide provides effective control of this disease, ensuring improved yields and returns.

Potatoes

• HEADLINE raises the standard for control of Early and Late Blight by a single fungicide.
• An ideal rotation partner with LANCE.
• HEADLINE plant health benefits have proven to increase yields in grower trials across Canada and the U.S.

Superior Rainfastness

• HEADLINE is rainfast within an hour of application.

Improved Harvestability

• Lentils or peas that are lodged are very difficult to harvest and are often of lower quality if there is any moisture during the harvest period.
• HEADLINE significantly reduces lodging caused by disease infestation in both lentils and peas, which can save you both time and money.

• Do not apply HEADLINE more than twice in a growing season.
• Apply a second time 10 to 14 days later if disease persists or if weather conditions are favourable for disease development.

Lentils

• Make the first application at row closure or at first flower, whichever comes first.

Field Peas

• To control Mycosphaerella blight in field peas, apply HEADLINE at the beginning of flowering or when 10% of the lower canopy is infected with disease.
• For powdery mildew, apply a single application prior to the onset of disease or as soon as powdery mildew is detected.

Dry Beans

• If Anthracnose is detected in the crop before flowering, apply HEADLINE immediately.
• In all other cases, apply HEADLINE at early flower (20%-50% bloom).
• Apply HEADLINE a second time 10-14 days later if disease persists or weather conditions are favourable for disease development.

Cereals

• Apply immediately after flag leaf emergence.

Flax

• Should be applied preventatively at mid-flower (7-10 days after first flower).
• Apply a second time 10 - 14 days later if disease persists, or weather conditions are favourable for disease development.

Potatoes

• Begin application before disease symptoms appear.
• Use higher rates of HEADLINE, shorter spray intervals and/or tank-mixes under heavy disease pressure.
• To optimize HEADLINE plant health benefits, apply within the first 3 sprays at tuber initiation.
• Based on disease conditions, an optional 2nd application should occur at early bulking

• HEADLINE is formulated as a 250 g/L emulsifiable concentrate (EC) that mixes quickly in the spray tank, uniformly dispersing the active ingredient throughout the spray solution.
• You may make two applications of HEADLINE each growing season.
• Do not apply HEADLINE more than twice in a growing season.

Peas / Lentils

• Each 6.5 L jug of HEADLINE contains enough fungicide to treat approximately 40 acres.

Cereals

• Each 6.5 L jug of HEADLINE contains enough fungicide to treat approximately 40 acres – 55 acres.

Flax

• Each 6.5 L jug of HEADLINE contains enough fungicide to treat approximately 40 acres – 55 acres.

Potatoes

• Each 6.5 L jug of HEADLINE contains enough fungicide to treat approximately 24 - 36 acres.

Water Volume

• Apply HEADLINE with a minimum 10 imperial gallons of water per acre (110/ha) by ground or 4.45 imperial gallons of water per acre (50L/ha) by air.

Research Information – Increasing water volume will improve control, especially with later applications where there are heavy crop canopies.

What is different about HEADLINE fungicide?
There are many differentials that set HEADLINE apart from other fungicides. HEADLINE offers more activity on target diseases, superior rainfastness and crop safety, to name a few.

In addition, HEADLINE has the unique ability to move rapidly through the leaf surface and to protect the opposite side of the leaf as well as the treated side, offering "dual-sided protection."

In addition, HEADLINE offers unique plant health benefits resulting in hardier, stress tolerant stands and higher yields.

What crops is HEADLINE registered on?
HEADLINE is registered on lentils, dry beans, field peas, wheat, barley, rye, oats, flax and potatoes.

What diseases does HEADLINE control?
HEADLINE is a broad-spectrum fungicide that will help growers control a wide range of disease in many crops.

When should I apply HEADLINE?
Studies done by BASF indicate that the best yields are generated by applying HEADLINE preventatively.