Luna Sensation and Luna Experience contains a new class of chemistry that provides a unique systematic solution for almond fungicide against brown rot blossom blight, shothole, scab, anthracnose, Alternaria leaf spot to produce healthy and high-quality almonds. For more information visit: http://www.bayercropscience.us/products/fungicides/luna/

1. LUNA FUNGICIDE ®
TECHNICAL PROFILE NEW LUNA FUNGICIDES
INTRODUCING LUNA® SENSATION AND UNIQUE SDHI FUNGICIDE
LUNA® EXPERIENCE FOR ALMONDS The new active ingredient in Luna fungicides – fluopyram –
Luna ® fungicides – the latest innovation from Bayer is not a carboxamide. Fluopyram shares the same
CropScience – contain a new class of chemistry that will SDHI mode of action with boscalid, fluxapyroxad, and
provide unique systemic solutions for protection against penthiopyrad, but fluopyram behaves very differently. It
brown rot blossom blight, shothole, scab, anthracnose, is uniquely in the pyramide chemical group and differs
Alternaria leaf spot and the other key diseases of in shape and in molecular flexibility from other SDHI
almonds. Both Luna Sensation and Luna Experience are fungicides. Luna/fluopyram continues to control boscalid-
EPA-registered and approved for use in tree nuts. resistant isolates.
Bayer CropScience recommends Luna Experience
not be rotated with other Group 3 (DMI) or Group 7
Benefits of Luna Fungicides (SDHI) products. Bayer CropScience recommends Luna
Sensation not be rotated with other Group 11 (QoI) or
Bud penetration – Luna Sensation penetrates into Group 7 (SDHI) products.
young closed buds to provide more complete protection
through the bloom period against brown rot blossom
blight. See data on reverse side.
Exceptional efficacy – Luna Sensation has proven
itself in four years of California trials, providing efficacy
equal or superior to current leading fungicides for control
of brown rot blossom blight, shothole, scab, anthracnose,
Alternaria leaf spot and other key diseases of almonds. The ultimate bloom-time and For hull rot suppression and an
summer disease solution. in-season strobi-free alternative.
New class of chemistry controls resistant strains
of Alternaria – Luna Experience maintains excellent
Alternaria control where other products are failing due
to resistance to carboxamides and/or strobilurins.

2. CURRENT RESEARCH
Luna® Sensation Penetrates Closed Buds 2011 Alternaria Alternata Trial
Luna® Sensation, 5 oz Pristine, 10.5 oz
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* Bud stage @ application; days between spray & inoculation
2011 Alternaria alternata trial in Kern Co. by Michael L. Harvey,
Source: Detached blossom assay. L. Fought, Fresno, CA – 2010. Senior Agricultural Consultant, with Luna-protected tree on the
% Control – Blossom blight severity, 4 days after inoculation right, untreated tree on the left.
Luna® Sensation penetrates green tissue and moves Efficacy of Fungicide Treatments
systemically into closed buds even when sprayed 15
Alternaria Leaf Spot Disease
days before blossoms open. The data above shows newly Treatment Incidence on Leaves
open blossoms are already protected from brown rot Control 99.1
blossom blight. ®
Pristine @ 14 oz 81.0
MRL TIMELINE ®
Inspire Super SC @ 20 fl oz 81.0
Luna Sensation and Luna Experience are registered ®
Quadris Top @ 14 fl oz 79.4
with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and are ®
Quash @ 3 oz 64.2
approved for sale. Bayer CropScience is establishing
Maximum Residue Levels (MRLs) in export countries. Ph-D® org. form. @ 6.2 oz 56.8
All established MRLs are posted on the USDA Foreign Luna® Experience @ 6 oz 28.0
Agriculture Service Web site. This information will be kept
current as the final MRLs are received. For MRL updates, Source: 2011 Field Trial, Dr. Jim Adaskaveg, UC/Riverside.
go to www.mrldatabase.com. Kern Co. cv. Monterey. Three applications made: 5/13, 6/2, 6/23.
Evaluation 8/17.
Luna Sensation – 11% Defoliation (5 oz/A) Pristine – 23% Defoliation (14.5 oz/A) Untreated – 68% Defoliation
In a 2009 trial in Tulare Co., conducted by Dr. Steve Deitz, Sawtooth Ag Research, Tulare, CA, Alternaria alternata caused
nearly complete defoliation of the untreated trees, while Luna Sensation provided the best control of the trial.
Check out the difference Luna makes at www.LunaFungicides.com.
IMPORTANT: This bulletin is not intended to provide adequate information for use of these products. Read the
label before using these products. Observe all label directions and precautions while using these products. ®
Bayer CropScience LP, 2 TW Alexander Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709. Always read and follow label instructions. Not all
products are registered for use in every state. Bayer (reg’d), the Bayer Cross (reg’d), and Luna® are trademarks of Bayer. Inspire® Super
and Quadris® are trademarks of a Syngenta Group Company. Pristine® is a trademark of BASF Corporation. Ph-D® is a trademark of
Arysta LifeScience North America, LLC. Quash® is a trademark of Valent U.S.A. Corporation. For additional product information,
call toll-free 1-866-99-BAYER (1-866-992-2937) or visit our Web site at www.BayerCropScienceUS.com.
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