Improving Disease Control

The recent commercial introduction of several new fungicide active ingredients (azoxystrobin, flutolanil, myclobutanil, propiconazole) has added several important tools to an already impressive arsenal of disease control products. Nevertheless, disease control is still a very complicated process in which choosing the correct fungicide is only the first step. More subtle factors, such as the timing, placement and coverage achieved with the fungicide can make the difference between success and failure. Thus, the formulation type used (granule or spray), the volume…