Beware mixing and matching two potato blight fungicides
© Tim Scrivener Combining the individual components of a co-formulated pesticide product by mixing “straights” can save money and add rate flexibility to a spray programme.
However, in the case of potato blight fungicide Curzate, this can result in a number of pitfalls that might land a grower in hot water through breaches of label restrictions.
Containing the actives cymoxanil and mancozeb, many potato growers will be familiar with market-leading co-formulation Curzate and its label conditions of use.
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It would be easy to assume that combining these two “straights”, or using one or the other to top-up that particular component, would adopt the same conditions of use.
But this month’s Pesticide Watch highlights significant variation between approvals of a range of cymoxanil and/or mancozeb-containing products.
The tables show examples of these differences and in the case of the one can options, there is variability in maximum concentration, maximum rates, maximum applications, harvest intervals and product Local Environmental Risk Assessment for Pesticides.
Looking at straight cymoxanil products the variants are similar, but there are also products available with maximum quantity limits and no spray interval limit.
With mancozeb straights, the majority of products have similar approvals, but there are differences in maximum dose rate, which could trip growers up.
It should be noted that not all available approvals are included in the tables, but it highlights the necessity to check individual labels when mixing and matching products that contain these actives.
Failure to do so may result in unknowing breaches of cross-compliance and processor protocols, ending with heavy fines or unsaleable potatoes.
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Cymoxanil-mancozeb co-formulations |
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Product |
Active(s) |
Max concentration |
Max rate (kg/ha) |
Max applications |
Harvest interval |
Mapp |
Lerap |
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Curzate M WG |
cymoxanil + mancozeb |
– |
2 |
0 |
0 |
11901 |
– |
|
Globe |
cymoxanil + mancozeb |
– |
1.5 |
6 |
7 |
17,175 |
B |
|
Master Cyman |
cymoxanil + mancozeb |
2kg in 300 litres |
2 |
8 |
0 |
16,686 |
– |
|
Nautile WP |
cymoxanil + mancozeb |
2.2kg in 300 litres |
2.25 |
8 |
21 |
16,468 |
B |
|
Profilux |
cymoxanil + mancozeb |
– |
2.5 |
6 |
7 |
16,125 |
B |
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Zetanil |
cymoxanil + mancozeb |
– |
1.5 |
6 |
7 |
17,285 |
B |
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Zetanil WG |
cymoxanil + mancozeb |
– |
2.4 |
8 |
7 |
15,488 |
B |
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Cymoxanil products |
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Product |
Active(s) |
Max Rate (kg/ha) |
Max applictions |
Max quantity |
Harvest interval |
Interval |
Mapp |
Lerap |
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Cymbal 45 |
cymoxanil |
0.25 |
10 |
– |
7 |
7 |
16,647 |
– |
|
Cymostraight 45 |
cymoxanil |
0.2 |
– |
– |
14 |
7 |
14,615 |
– |
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Dauphin 45 |
cymoxanil |
0.22 |
8 |
– |
14 |
7 |
16,434 |
B |
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Drum |
cymoxanil |
0.25 |
10 |
– |
7 |
7 |
16,750 |
– |
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Option |
cymoxanil |
0.15 |
8 |
– |
1 |
7 |
16,959 |
– |
|
Option |
cymoxanil |
0.15 |
– |
– |
– |
7 |
11,834 |
– |
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Sacron WG |
cymoxanil |
0.22 |
8 |
– |
14 |
– |
16,433 |
B |
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Sipcam C50 WG |
cymoxanil |
0.24 |
– |
0.96 |
7 |
7 |
16,743 |
– |
Mancozeb products |
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Product |
Active (s) |
Max rate (kg/ha) |
Mapp |
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Dithane 945 |
mancozeb |
2 |
17,269 |
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Laminator 75 WG |
mancozeb |
2.13 |
15,667 |
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Manzate 75 WG |
mancozeb |
1.7 |
15,052 |
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Quell Flo |
mancozeb |
3.3 |
15,237 |
Pesticide Watch
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