Headway™ Fungicide from Syngenta Provides Superintendents With New Tool to Fight Fairway Diseases

Greensboro, NC (February 13, 2006) – Headway™ fungicide from Syngenta Professional Products provides golf-course superintendents with a potent and efficient means to control turf diseases on their courses’ most visible acreage – fairways.

Headway uses the power of two active ingredients to deliver broad-spectrum disease control against dollar spot, brown patch, and many other major turf diseases. Using dual modes of action helps ward off disease resistance and allows Headway to control a wider range of diseases than any other currently registered product.

Headway is expressly formulated to balance each active ingredient for control and optimal efficacy. In addition, Headway provides all the benefits of MAXX® technology. It has little or no odor, offers excellent tank-mix compatibility and stability with other products. It also won’t settle out of solution or clog filters, and mixes into a clear solution with other products.

“Fairways are some of the most visible and stress-prone areas of a golf course, and Headway fungicide provides superintendents with an extremely powerful and efficient solution against disease in these areas,” said Joe DiPaola, Ph.D., golf market manager for Syngenta Professional Products. “It is just the latest example of how Syngenta listens to its customers and creates specific products and services to meet the emerging needs of today’s golf-course superintendent.”

Headway is available in a one-gallon container or a 10-gallon LinkPak™. Golf courses enrolled in GreenPartners®, the flexible loyalty program that rewards customers for their Syngenta turf and ornamental product purchases, will receive points for Headway purchases. To learn more about the GreenPartners program, call the GreenPartners information line at 1-800-847-3592, visit www.greenpartners.com, or contact your local Syngenta turf and ornamental sales representative.

To learn more about Syngenta products and services for the golf, lawn and landscape, ornamental and aquatic businesses, visit www.syngentaprofessionalproducts.com or call 1-866-SYNGENTA (796-4368).

Contact:

Margaret McLean

Syngenta Professional Products

(336) 632-2115

Brandon Haddock

Trone Public Relations

(336) 812-2085