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Option®

Fungicide

Option is a fungicide for potato disease control.

Successful control of potato blight requires a season-long disease prevention policy that integrates cultural control measures and commencing the spray programme before blight infection.

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Benefits

Why use Option®?

Option® contains cymoxanil, which is locally systemic and offers both preventative and curative control. It should only be applied in tank-mixture with specified formulations of partner blight materials. The combination of two active ingredients will also help to reduce the selection and build-up of resistant strains of fungi. Potato fungicides may not give complete protection of blight when the incidence of the disease is severe.

Crops

Potato

Technical Specifications

Formulation:
Water dispersible granule containing 600g/kg cymoxanil.

Recommended crop:
Potatoes.

Target disease:
Potato blight (Phytophthora infestans).

Use rate:
0.15 kg product per hectare, in tank-mix with a suitable partner product.

Water volume and spray quality:
Apply in 150 l/ha using a MEDIUM quality spray.

LERAP information:
OPTION® has no LERAP restrictions.

Rainfastness:
Rainfall or irrigation within 2 hours after application may reduce effectiveness.

Minimum interval between sprays:
7 days.

Limit to number of applications:
None.

Harvest interval:
1 day before harvest.

Pack:
1.5 kg.

Area treated per pack:
10 ha.

MAPP No. 16959

Resources

For more information download:

Option® product label
Option UK Label.
Option® safety data sheet
Option Safety Data Sheet UK.
Option® Tank Mix
Option Tank Mix

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