Supplemental label provides New York growers with effective drench fungicide for disease control and plant health

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC, January 23, 2014 - Today BASF announced that Empress™ Intrinsic™ brand fungicide has received supplemental labeling from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for use on herbaceous and woody plants in greenhouse, nursery container and field production in New York.

Empress Intrinsic brand fungicide, with active ingredient pyraclostrobin, provides protection against four root and crown disease pathogens - fusarium, phytophthora, pythium and rhizoctonia. Additionally, both third-party and BASF research shows IntrinsicTM brand fungicides control disease and enhance plant resilience to stresses that can occur during production.

Labeled use sites for Empress Intrinsic brand fungicide include greenhouses, lathhouses and shadehouses, interiorscapes, outdoor nurseries (field and container) and retail nurseries.

For more information, visitIntrinsicPlantHealth.comorBetterPlants.basf.us.

Always read and follow label directions.

Empress and Intrinsic are trademarks of BASF.

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