By Matt Giese, M.S., technical services manager for Syngenta 

Scheduling grub control treatments for a golf course can be demanding. Traditionally, the key to white grub control was to apply midsummer, and then it changed to early spring applications. With Acelepryn^® Xtra insecticide from Syngenta, superintendents can make their own flexible treatment schedule to achieve season-long control with just one application. 

If May works – great! Can’t get to it until August? No problem. Acelepryn Xtra has the widest application window and the longest residual control for white grubs in the industry. It also provides excellent turf caterpillar and billbug control, offering a broad spectrum for anything else that crawls along. Congrats! You’ve just earned an “Xtra” day off.  

A wider spectrum of insect control  

Acelepryn Xtra is a combination of Acelepryn and Meridian^® brand insecticides, so it’s powered by two active ingredients and modes of action to deliver long-lasting, broad-spectrum insect control. Combining IRAC group 28 and IRAC group 4A also makes Acelepryn Xtra a great resistance management tool since it offers an alternate mode of action to pyrethroid chemistries. 

With this combination product, superintendents can enjoy: 

• Season-long control of grubs, billbugs and caterpillars with one application 
• Early curative control of grubs, leading to greater flexibility and fewer applications 
• Enhanced chinch bug control, including at least three months of southern chinch bug control 
• European crane fly and ant control with reduced ant mounding 

Using Acelepryn Xtra 

The maximum annual rate of Acelepryn Xtra is 20 fl. oz./A. At the high rate, Acelepryn Xtra delivers the equivalent of 10 fl. oz./A of Acelepryn and 17 oz./A of Meridian 25WG for powerful insect control on golf course turf.  

For best results to control ants, combine Acelepryn Xtra with Scimitar^® GC insecticide when ant mounds are first observed and colonies are still weak as they emerge from winter. Learn more about how to control turfgrass ants for up to eight weeks.

Using Ference for Grub Control

Ference^® insecticide, which contains the active ingredient, cyantraniliprole, can be used on all turfgrass sites for white grubs, billbugs and caterpillars, and is part of the annual bluegrass weevil Optimum Control Strategy. It is systemic in the plant when absorbed by the roots and controls white grubs with an 8 fl. oz./A rate applied around June or July. Learn more at GreenCastOnline.com/Ference.

Enjoy a rebate ripple effect with Acelepryn brands and Ference

With the 2025 GreenTrust^® 365 program, you can save even more on your ant and grub control solutions with the new Acelepryn/Ference Bonus. Enjoy savings of up to 46% on Acelepryn brands and 50% on Ference insecticides with purchases of:

• All Acelepryn, Acelepryn Xtra and Ference products including Acelepryn on fertilizer
• New: Acelepryn + Ference and Acelepryn Xtra + Ference Multipaks

Learn more about how you can save by visiting GreenTrust365.com/Golf or contact your local Syngenta territory manager.

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