There is a need to develop compositions and/or methods that are capable of improving plant yield, for example turfgrass, and reducing or controlling the negative influence of pests and associated damage. To this end, the disclosure provides for formulations comprising fluopyram capable of increasing plant yield and reducing damage from pests.
Fluopyram is a fungicide for treating phytopathogenic diseases. The compound is described in U.S. Pat. No. 7,572,818, which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety. Fluopyram is currently being used as a foliar fungicide, and it has also shown to be effective as a seed-applied fungicide/nematicide. However, by way of the current disclosure, it is observed that compositions including fluopyram demonstrate unexpected properties on both plant yield and reduction of plant damage.