LEPROTEC® a versatile Btk

A versatile Btk product to elevate Vestaron’s revolutionary insecticide

SPEAR® LEP insecticide is Vestaron’s innovative solution for use on tree nuts, fruits, vegetables, and high-value specialty crops. The novel Group 32 product harnesses the power of peptides with insecticidal properties for effective targeting of lepidopteran pests like caterpillars, loopers and worms. With a safety and environmental profile of a bioinsecticide, but the efficacy of a conventional synthetic, SPEAR LEP is an excellent resistance management tool for integrated pest management.

LEPROTEC

TRUSTED TECHNOLOGY:

Bacillus thuringiensis ssp. Kurstaki bioinsectide with proven effectiveness over decades of use

RESISTANCE MANAGEMENT:

IRAC group 11A for integrated pest management (IPM)

SAFE:

OMRI-listed (organic material) and pollinator-friendly product with excellent safety and environmental profile

LEPROTEC

FLEXIBLE:

Bt kurstaki (Btk) strain EVB-113-19 is approved for use in a wide range of conventional and organic acreages

POWERFUL:

Versatile product that enhances Vestaron’s unique mode of action products for both high efficacy and low impact

A versatile Btk product to elevate Vestaron’s revolutionary insecticide

LEPTROTEC® is both a versatile liquid formulation insecticide and an excellent enhancer option for neural-targeting products for lepidopteran pests in broad acre crops, vegetable, fruit and specialty crops, and greenhouse and nursery crops. It’s a versatile OMRI-listed liquid formulation featuring the potent Bt kurstaki strain EVB-113-19; the strain disrupts the insect mid-gut to allow even more precise targeting and potency of novel modes of action such as the SPEAR® line-up of products.

Crops

Berries & Small Fruits

Bulbs

Fruiting Vegetables

Leafy Vegetables

Legumes

Pome Fruit

Stone Fruit

Tree Nuts

Pests controlled

Lepidopteran larvae (caterpillars, loopers and worms) such as:

  • ARMYWORM
  • CODLING MOTH (CM)
  • CUTWORM
  • DIAMONDBACK MOTH (DBM)
  • FRUITWORM
  • HORNWORM
  • LEAFROLLER
  • LOOPER
  • NAVEL ORANGEWORM (NOW)

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Product information

EPA REG # 89046-12-88847
AI Bacillus thuringiensis ssp. kurstaki strain EVB-113-19, 14.49%
FORMULATION LIQUID
IRAC GROUP 11A
SIGNAL WORD CAUTION
REI 4 HOURS
PHI 0 DAYS
PACKAGE SIZE 1 GAL, 4x1 GAL CASE
USE RATE 0.5-3.5 PT/ACRE
APPLICATION FOLIAR

Hear from our customers

With not having to worry about phytotoxicity due to the clean safety profile as well as worker protection with the 4-hour REI and 0-day pre-harvest interval my production process in both my retail business and herb production has become much easier.”
Rick Ouding
owner of Kalamazoo Specialty Plants in Kalamazoo, Michigan.
Spray applications of VST006340 [Spear-T], which is the liquid formulation, tested on the two spotted spider mite (Tetranychus urticae) provided excellent control. A compound with a novel mode of action that provides quick contact kill of mite populations would be very beneficial to agricultural and ornamental growers as the two spotted spider-mite has developed resistance to many of the current compounds available."
John Trumble
Distinguished Professor of Entomology, UC Riverside
This novel code confirms that SPEAR® targets the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor and does so in a different way from any existing class of insecticides.This novel code confirms that SPEAR® targets the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor and does so in a different way from any existing class of insecticides."
Bob Kennedy, PhD
Vestaron’s Chief Science Officer

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