Fungicides – Foliar Treatment
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Application Tips
Use sufficient water to ensure thorough coverage of plants.
How it Works
The active ingredient picoxystrobin is a broad spectrum strobilurin fungicide that has curative and locally systemic
activity.
Restrictions
Maximum number of applications
:
Dry legumes - make no more than 1 application before switching to a fungicide
with a different mode of action; maximum season use rate 700 ml per acre. Cereal grains, soybeans – make no more
than 2 applications before switching to a fungicide with a different mode of action; maximum season use rate 1100
ml per acre. Corn - make no more than 2 applications before switching to a fungicide with a different mode of action;
maximum season use rate for field, seed or popcorn is 1100 ml per acre and sweet corn is 1400 ml per acre.
Pre-harvest Interval
:
Dry legumes and soybeans - 14 days, Cereal grains - 45 days, (7 days for forage, 14 days for
hay), Corn - 7 days.
Effect of Rainfall
:
Rainfast 30 minutes after application.
Re-cropping
:
Crops that are on the product label may be re-planted immediately after harvest. All other crops -
10
months following last application of picoxystrobin.
Re-entry
:
Do not re-enter treated areas within 12 hours of application.
Environmental Precautions
Observe prescribed buffer zones. Minimize off-target drift to reduce the effects on beneficial insects at the field
boundary. Do not apply to areas prone to runoff, and delay spraying if heavy rainfall is forecast.
Toxicity
Ingestion:
Acute oral LD
50
(
rats) = > 5,000 mg/kg.
Dermal:
Acute dermal LD
50
(
rats) = > 2,000 mg/kg.
Storage
Store product in original container only, away from other pesticides, fertilizer, food or feed.
Acrobat 50 WP
Group 40
Formulation
Product
Company
Active ingredient
Formulation
Container size
Acrobat 50 WP (PCP# 27700)
BASF Canada
Dimethomorph: 50 %
Wettable powder
1.82
kg
Crops, Diseases Controlled, Rates and Staging
Crop
Diseases
Rate per acre
Staging
Potatoes
Late blight, reduction of
tuber blight caused by
Phytophthora
infestans
182
g
Make the first application when disease threatens or when
first visible signs of disease occur within the field or nearby.
Apply every 5 - 7 days under high disease pressure or every
7 - 10
days under low disease pressure.
Registered Tank Mixes
Do not apply Acrobat alone. Apply Acrobat 50 WP in a tank mix with Polyram DF or Dithane DG Rainshield or
Bravo 500 at the recommended product label rate. Refer to the respective tank-mix partner labeling for additional
recommendations, restrictions and precautions. Follow the most restrictive application directions for each of the tank
mix partners with respect to the maximum number of applications, application timing and pre-harvest intervals.
Acapela (cont’d)