Stratego YLD Corn and Soybean Fungicide - 2012 Brand Guide

1. Stratego® YLD Fungicide: The Official Fungicide of the Yield Bump

2. Overview Stratego YLD fungicide offers: • Advanced chemistry • Proven disease control and yield enhancement • Availability for early season application in corn Put ’er there. Treat your corn and beans with Stratego® YLD fungicide and treat yourself to higher yield potential. With its advanced technology, Stratego YLD delivers all-around plant coverage for proven disease control.

3. Advanced Chemistry The advanced chemistry of Stratego YLD: • Provides two modes of action. • Delivers preventive and curative protection. • Supplies corn and soybean plants with a higher degree of fungicidal protection. • Provides up to 21 days of residual activity due to its retention and redistribution properties. • Keeps plants healthier with a broad spectrum of protection by combining the latest triazole technology on the market paired with a leading strobilurin chemistry.

4. Advanced ChemistryComplementary Modes of Action The two active ingredients in Stratego YLD provide complementing activity as shown below.

5. Advanced ChemistryTwo Modes of Action Triazole Component • Progressive movement in the leaf. • Redistribution properties for sustainable, long-lasting disease protection. 1d 4d 7d 14d • Strobilurin Component • Rapid protection of the whole leaf through vapor phase distribution. • Penetration and translaminar distribution of the strobilurin complement the effect of the triazole. 1d 4d 7d 14d

6. Advanced ChemistryHow Strobilurins Work Primary action on leaf surface. Strobilurin fungicides interfere with energy production - stopping spore germination. treated Six hours after inoculation

7. Advanced ChemistryHow Triazoles Work Triazole fungicides interfere with cell wall formation, stopping growth and leading to fungal death. Works on plant surfaces and in interior tissue. Prothioconazole Untreated Five days after inoculation

8. Advanced ChemistryUnique Movement Stratego YLD offers progressive movement in the leaf and redistribution properties that provide sustainable, long-lasting disease protection: • Diffuses in and on the waxy surfaces of the plant. • Protects plants with systemic transport in the tissue. • Expands protection with movement in surface moisture. • Vapor phase accounts for expanded coverage to unsprayed areas.

9. Advanced ChemistryConvenient Formulation • Easy handling, storage and mixing. • No tendency to crystallize. • Low use rate with less product to handle. • Water-based SC formulation for easy application. • Compatible with most crop protection products, including herbicides, insecticides and adjuvants. • Example: Tankmix with Leverage® 360 insecticide on soybeans for convenience and efficiency of controlling key insects and key diseases with a single application.

10. Yield Bump Due to its proven disease control and improved stalk strength, research shows Stratego YLD has demonstrated the potential to boost yields. TREATED UNTREATED

11. Proven Disease Control • With its powerful triazole component, Stratego YLD is effective on a broad range of diseases in corn and soybeans. • The broad-spectrum control offers greater yield potential and increases plants’ stress tolerance and harvestability.

12. Corn Disease Management Gray Leaf Spot (Cercospora zeae-maydis) (n=17) Applied at VT (tassel) with NIS

13. Corn Disease Management Northern Corn Leaf Blight (Setosphaeria turcicum) (n=8) Courtesy Iowa State University Applied at VT (tassel) with NIS

14. Corn Disease Management Common Rust (Puccinia sorghi) (n=18) Copyright by the APS (Courtesy M.R. Miles) Applied at VT (tassel) with NIS

15. Corn Disease Management Southern Rust (Puccinia polysora) (n=4) Applied at VT (tassel) with NIS

16. Soybean Disease Management Brown Spot (Septoria glycines) (n=8) Copyright by the APS (Courtesy G.L. Hartman) Applied at R3 (begin pod) with NIS

17. Soybean Disease Management Frogeye Leaf Spot (Cercospora sojina) (n=12) Copyright by the APS (Courtesy J.B. Sinclair) Applied at R3 (begin pod) with NIS

18. Soybean Disease Management Frogeye Leaf Spot (Cercospora sojina) Stratego YLD even stops strobilurin-resistant frogeye leaf spot (Cercospora sojina) as seen on this field in Tenn.

19. Soybean Disease Management Asian Soybean Rust (Phakopsora pachyrhizi) (n=2) Copyright by the APS (Courtesy G.L. Hartman) Applied at R2 (full bloom) with NIS

20. Soybean Disease Management Anthracnose Stem Blight (Colletotrichum truncatum) Copyright by the APS (Courtesy G. Hartman) Source: Bestor, N.R.C., Mueller, D.S., & Robertson, A.E. 2010. Management of anthracnose stem blight of soybean with foliar fungicides. Poster presented at APS North Central Division Meeting, Rapid City, SD.

21. Soybean Disease Management Pod & Stem Blight (Diaporthe phaseolorum var. sojae) Virginia Tech, Suffolk, VA (2010) Applied at R3 (begin pod)

22. Fungicide Applications to Corn Two distinct application timings: Early season Between growth stages V4 and V7 Stage determined by counting exposed leaf collars Same timing as with many herbicide applications At tassel Between growth stages VT and R1 From when the last branches of the tassel emerge Until brown silk

23. Early Season Application in Corn • Get a head start on your yield bump. Adding an early treatment of Stratego YLD to your corn delivers: • Improved stalk strength • Early season disease control • Higher yield potential • When preceding a tassel application, get even higher yield potential than from a tassel spray alone.

24. Early Season Application in CornCritical Opportunity for the Plant • Corn plants between the V4 and V7 growth stages are at a critical growth phase. • Leaf and ear shoot initiation are almost complete. • The entire starch reserves from the seed have now been consumed, leaving corn to pull in all of its own nutrients and resources for the first time. • The crop is very susceptible to early season environmental stresses and diseases.

25. Early Season Application in CornBenefits in Applying UNTREATED Researchers observed improved stalk strength with Stratego YLD in relation to untreated checks in trials during 2010. TREATED

26. Early Season Application in CornBenefits in Applying Bayer CropScience and multiple third parties conducted field trials that showed reduced lodging on corn treated with Stratego YLD early season. TREATED EARLY SEASON WITH 4 OZ/A STRATEGO YLD UNTREATED

27. Early Season Application in CornBenefits in Applying Stratego YLD helps plants stay greener longer for improved photosynthetic activity and an extended grain fill period. TREATED EARLY SEASON WITH STRATEGO YLD UNTREATED

28. Early Season Application in CornConvenience in Applying • Tankmix compatibility with many other crop protection products farmers already typically apply early season, including Liberty® herbicide, Laudis® herbicide and glyphosate. • Lower rate range of 2 to 5 fl oz/A. • Less biomass to protect • Improved coverage • Sprays via ground rig are possible, providing application flexibility. • Application between the V4 and V7 growth stages allows for more complete plant coverage.

29. Early Season Application in CornBenefits in Applying • Broad-spectrum control of economically important diseases such as anthracnose leaf blight and eyespot. • Stronger stalks with reduced risk of lodging and green snap for improved harvestability. • Plants stay greener longer for an improved window of grain fill. • Protects lower leaves (including leaves in whorl). • Establishes barrier against infection of higher leaves. • Soilborne diseases “work up the plant.”

30. Tassel Application in Corn Goal: Protect leaves close to the ear Improve stalk integrity Most applications made by air Use caution just prior to tassel! Some adjuvants may injure the silks May cause “beer can” ears

31. Tassel Application in CornYield Bump Benefit

32. Soybean Application • Treatment targets (R3 to R5) • Protect upper leaves from Cercospora sojina (Frogeye leaf spot), Phakopsora spp. (ASRust) and Rhizoctonia spp. (Aerial blight) • Protect grains from Cercospora kikuchi(Leaf blight / Purple seed) APPLY STRATEGO YLD AT R3 0 7 9 10 11 12 13 15 17 61 69 70 79 89 BBCH 96 97 V1 V3 V5 R1 R3 R5 R7 R8Germination - Leaf development - Flowering - Grain - Ripening - Senescence

33. Soybean Yield Response 2011 yield response Stratego YLD soybean r3 application 84% Positive Yield Response Data received as of January 9, 2012

34. Stratego YLD + Leverage 360 Tankmix in Soybeans Apply Stratego YLD and Leverage 360 together to fight disease and insects and increase yield potential. • Two powerful management tools in a single spray. • Captures the compatibility, convenience, economy and efficiency of controlling key insects and diseases with a single application. • An excellent fit with current spray programs — both products are compatible in the tank and on the plant. • Spray volume and nozzle compatibility between insecticides and fungicides, for top performance with uniform coverage.

35. 2011 Stratego YLD + Leverage 360 Yield Response Stratego YLD + Leverage 360 Yield response 51 Trials Use rates: 4 fl oz/A + 2.8 fl oz/A Avg. Yield Increase: + 4.76 bu/A Yield Response vs. Nontreated (bu/A) 90.2% Positive Yield Response

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37. Corn Application Information

38. Soybean Application Information