FMC launches the Nematode Command project during the 14th InsectShow

FMC Agricultural Solutions will participate in another edition of InsectShow – Seminar on Sugarcane Pest Control. The event will be held between the 4th and 5th of July, in Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, and aims to present innovations for professionals linked to the sector who are looking for ways to increase the profitability of their companies in a sustainable way.

The company will launch the Comando Nematoide project. The initiative aims to provide training and technical information to producers in the country on the prevention and effective control of nematodes. In partnership with DMLab, a reference company in nematological analysis, FMC set up a mobile laboratory with the necessary technologies to provide the best practices and tools for effective pest management.

In each city visited, the technical event Comando Nematoide will be held, where relevant topics on pest management will be discussed, such as the best methodologies for collecting soil and roots, providing greater quality to the sample sent to the laboratory, presentation of the main genera of nematodes and its possible damage to the crops in question and the best tools for integrated pest control. A set of techniques that involve chemical and biological solutions for the effective control of nematodes in crops.

“The main objective of the project is to provide farmers with information that is relevant to help them with the integrated management of the pest and, to this end, FMC will make technical material available with a booklet on the pest and its management, articles, informative videos, among others, through a hotsite and an application exclusive to the project, where it will also be possible to register to participate in events, follow the mobile laboratory visit itinerary, clarify doubts and send notifications”, comments the FMC Product Manager, Vinicios Faria.

During the InsectShow, the FMC team will launch the project with a focus on reaching sugarcane producers, but, nationally, the Nematoide Command will visit the main agricultural centers producing soybeans, corn, cotton, beans and coffee. 10 states and more than 100 cities will be covered in approximately one year.