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2. Bordeaux mixture - Wikipedia

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   Bordeaux mixture (also called Bordo Mix) is a mixture of copper(II) sulphate (CuSO 4) and quicklime (Ca O) used as a fungicide. It is used in vineyards, fruit-farms, vegetable-farms and gardens to prevent infestations of downy mildew, powdery mildew and other fungi. It is sprayed on plants as a preventive treatment; its mode of action is ...

3. Plasmopara viticola - Wikipedia

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   Because of numbers and results like these, downy mildew has been considered the most devastating disease of a filamentous pathogen to affect European vineyards. [ 3 ] [ 2 ] [ 7 ] When comparing three grape producers in Europe, including some fields that were treated with fungicides or other management strategies, the economic losses ranged from ...

4. Downy mildew - Wikipedia

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   Downy mildew refers to any of several types of oomycete microbes that are obligate parasites of plants. Downy mildews exclusively belong to the Peronosporaceae family. In commercial agriculture , they are a particular problem for growers of crucifers , grapes and vegetables that grow on vines.

5. Pierre-Marie-Alexis Millardet - Wikipedia

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   He was also responsible for protecting grape vineyards from downy mildew fungus (Plasmopara viticola). He accomplished this feat by implementing a fungicide consisting of hydrated lime, copper sulfate and water, a mixture that was to become known as the "Bordeaux mixture". It was the first fungicide to be used worldwide and is still used today.

6. List of grape diseases - Wikipedia

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   A cartoon from Punch from 1890: The phylloxera, a true gourmet, finds out the best vineyards and attaches itself to the best wines. Punch magazine, 6 Sep. 1890. This is a list of diseases of grapes (Vitis spp.).

7. Fungicide use in the United States - Wikipedia

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   Downy mildew is primarily controlled through the use of several fungicides applied during midseason. The fungicides used include azoxystrobin, copper, chlorothalonil, mancozeb, and maneb. Farmers in Florida who regularly use fungicides have been shown to reduce yield losses due to downy mildew to as low as 2%.

8. Oxathiapiprolin - Wikipedia

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   Oxathiapiprolin (trade names Orondis, [1] Zorvec, and Segovis) is a fungicide.In the United States, the Environmental Protection Agency has approved it for use against several fungal diseases including downy mildew and various Phytophthora species [1] including late blight on crops including vegetables, ornamentals, and turf.

9. Black rot (grape disease) - Wikipedia

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   Flint 50WG is in the same general class of chemistry as Abound and Sovran. It is registered for the control of black rot, powdery mildew and suppression of downy mildew. For black rot the rate is 140 g/ha (2 oz/acre). [7] Abound is in the same general class of chemistry as Sovran and Flint (strobilurin).