Yates
Product of the Month
July 2008
Yates Champ DP Copper Fungicide
Yates
Product of the Month for July 2008 is Champ DP, the low toxic copper fungicide
that controls a
wide range of fungal problems on fruit and vegetables.
Yates Champ DP is a relatively new form of copper fungicide that is economical
to use, with one 100g
pack making up to 100 litres of spray. The fine blue
particles mix readily with water so that they provide
even coverage and stick
easily to plant material.
Plant diseases are always looking
for new plants to infect so they send millions of minute spores into
the atmosphere.
If the right type of spore lands on the appropriate plant variety when conditions
are
favourable for disease development, the disease rapidly takes off.
Copper
fungicides work as protectants. This means that they form a very fine layer of
copper over the
plant that prevents the fungal spores from being able to lock
into the leaf. It's easy to understand how
important it is to have good fungicide
coverage: holes in the protective layer allow entry of the disease.
Champ
DP is described as having 'a broad spectrum of application', which means it can
be used to
treat a long list of plant problems, including:
anthracnose,
cane wilt, cane spot, spur blight, melanose, verrucosis, brown rot, leaf spot,
downy
mildew, septoria spot, brown spot, black spot, leafcurl, shot hole,
bladder plum, bacterial blast,
bacterial blight, angular leafspot, early and
late blight, bacterial speck and bacterial spot.
Because of its low toxicity,
Champ DP has no withholding period. Fruit and vegetables can be washed
and
eaten immediately after spraying.
Champ DP fungicide can be
applied at this time of year to provide effective dormant season control of
fungal
diseases on stone fruit and pip fruit.
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