Seed Treatment – Fungicides/Insecticides
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Restrictions
Do not use treated seed for food, feed or oil processing.
Environmental Precautions
Gemini is toxic to birds and wildlife. Ensure proper soil incorporation of the seeds. If treated seed is spilled outdoors
or in areas accessible to birds, promptly clean up or bury to prevent ingestion. Ensure proper disposal of any surplus
treated seed not intended for later planting. Do not contaminate domestic or irrigation water supplies, lakes, streams,
ponds or any body of water with the chemical, used containers, treated seed or bags that have held treated seed. Do
not contaminate water by cleaning of equipment or disposal of wastes.
Leaching
:
The use of this chemical may result in contamination of groundwater, particularly in areas where soils are
permeable (e.g. sandy soil) and/or the depth to the water table is shallow.
Toxicity
Low toxicity. Acute oral LD
50
(
rats) = >2,000 mg/kg rats. Acute dermal LC
50
(
rats) = >2,000 mg/kg.
Storage
Store in original container. Store in an area away from food, feed stuffs, fertilizers and seed. Protect from frost and
freezing.
Helix Vibrance
Insecticide Group 4 Fungicide Group 3, 4, 7, 12
Available to commercial seed treaters only
Formulation
Product
Company Active ingredient
Formulation Container size
Helix XTra (PCP# 26638)
Syngenta Thiamethoxam: 20.7% + Difenoconazole: 1.25%
Metalaxyl-M: 0.39% + Fludioxonil: 0.13%
Liquid
suspension
Bulk
Vibrance 500FS (PCP# 30438
Sedaxane 500g/L
Crops, Insects and Diseases Controlled, Rates
Products Crops
Insects controlled
Diseases controlled
Rate per 100 kg
of seed
Helix Xtra
Canola, oriental
mustard (oil seed
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and condiment
type)
Early season control of flea
beetle: (28 - 35 days)
Seed-borne blackleg, seed-borne alternaria
and the seedling disease complex
(
damping-off, seedling blight, seed rot and
root rot) caused by
Pythium
spp.,
Fusarium
spp. and
Rhizoctonia
spp.
1.5
L
Vibrance
500
FS
Canola
None
Seed decay, seedling blight and damping off
caused by
Rhizoctonia solani
5 - 10
mL
Note:
Helix Vibrance is only available as a co-pack of Helix Xtra and Vibrance 500FS.
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Registered under User Requested Minor Use Label Expansion program
Application Information
For use in commercial seed treatment facilities with closed transfer systems only. No open transfer of Helix Vibrance
seed treatment. All seed treated with this product must be conspicuously coloured at the time of treatment. Consult
the manufacturer of the seed treating equipment for advice on the operation and calibration of the equipment. Allow
the seed to dry before bagging.
Gemini (cont’d)