Supporting Turf Through Summer Stress with Intrinsic® Technology
What is Intrinsic technology?
BASF’s Intrinsic® technology is incorporated into selected fungicides to provide disease control alongside additional plant health benefits.
Research from BASF shows Intrinsic-treated turf can demonstrate improved growth efficiency, stronger root development and better tolerance to environmental and mechanical stresses.
Within Living Turf’s Australian range, Lexicon® Intrinsic Brand Fungicide combines Intrinsic technology with the active ingredients fluxapyroxad and pyraclostrobin, providing two modes of action for broad-spectrum turf disease control.
Why is it relevant in summer?
During hot conditions, turf can struggle to maintain the balance between photosynthesis and respiration. As stress increases, the plant has less energy available for growth, recovery and root development.
Intrinsic technology is designed to help support plant processes during these periods, including:
Improved photosynthetic efficiency
Stronger and denser root development
Improved stress tolerance
Better recovery following environmental or mechanical stress
Disease control plus plant health
Summer conditions can also increase the risk of damaging turf diseases.
Lexicon Intrinsic combines its plant health benefits with broad-spectrum disease control, helping protect turf while also supporting its ability to tolerate stressful conditions.
This makes it particularly useful as part of a preventative summer management program, rather than waiting until disease or stress symptoms become severe.
Part of a broader summer strategy
Intrinsic technology should not be viewed in isolation. Moisture management, nutrition, irrigation, mowing practices and cultural programs all play an important role in summer turf performance.
Used as part of an integrated approach, Lexicon Intrinsic gives turf managers another tool to support disease protection, stronger rooting, improved stress tolerance and more consistent turf performance through summer.
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