DuPont Professional Products Introduces Advion® Cockroach Gel Bait
New cockroach gel offers superior control or your money back
WILMINGTON, Del., April 11, 2006 – DuPont Professional Products expands its Advion® bait product line in its first nationwide product introduction with DuPont™ Advion® cockroach gel bait .
In recent months, industry anticipation has grown as a result of studies presented by university and contract researchers at this year’s National Pest Management Association’s Regional Conferences. The research demonstrates that fast, thorough control is achieved with Advion® against a broad spectrum of cockroaches, including gel bait-averse German cockroaches.
Advion® product performance has proven so powerful in early field trials that the product is being introduced to pest management professionals for their first trial use of Advion® cockroach gel bait with the 2006 DuPont Performance Guarantee ― unbeatable results or your money back*.
“In the battle against cockroaches, a single product that gives you fast and broad-spectrum control means everything ― less money devoted to inventory management and less time spent on callbacks from customers. Advion® gives you performance and peace of mind,” said Dr. Clay Scherer, Global Product Development, DuPont Professional Products.
The novel mode of action in indoxacarb ― the active ingredient in Advion® cockroach gel bait ― was developed by DuPont researchers to target the insect’s nervous system. After ingesting Advion®, the cockroach’s own internal enzymes change the molecular structure and attributes of indoxacarb into the more potent MetaActive™ compound, resulting in paralysis, followed by death. Beyond the initial impact, Advion® cockroach gel bait provides powerful exponential control of cockroach infestations through secondary kill for complete infestation elimination.
Advion® cockroach gel bait is formulated such that cockroaches will consume it even in the toughest situations.
“We had a location with a really bad sanitation issue and a significant cockroach infestation,” said Dr. Phil Nichols, Middleton Lawn and Pest Control. “Other gel products were not being consumed in earlier treatments. Nothing had worked.”
However, in the field test, cockroaches consumed all the Advion® cockroach gel bait placed during the first application, according to Nichols. This resulted in a 93 percent decrease in German cockroach populations at the treated location when other applications had failed to work.
Advion® cockroach gel bait is now exclusively available through DuPont authorized distributors Speckoz, phone (770) 663-8394, and Univar USA, phone (800) 888-4897.
More information about DuPont™ Advion® cockroach gel bait is available at www.proproducts.dupont.com. Headquartered in Wilmington, Del., DuPont Professional Products brings the company’s tradition of science, innovation and safety to the pest management industry.
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*Subject to the terms and conditions of the 2006 DuPont Performance Guarantee for DuPont™ Advion® cockroach gel bait.
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