Myclobutanil 25% EC triazole chemical steroid demethylation inhibitNatural Plant Fungicide

Myclobutanil 25% EC triazole chemical steroid demethylation inhibitNatural Plant Fungicide

1. Myclobutanil is a triazole chemical used as a fungicide.
2. Myclobutanil is a steroid demethylation inhibitor, specifically inhibiting ergosterol biosynthesis.

Biochemistry:
Myclobutanil inhibits ergosterol biosynthesis (steroid demethylation inhibitor).

Mode of action:
Myclobutanil is a systemic Fungicide with protective and curative action. Myclobutanil can be translocated upwards in the plant.

Uses:

1. Myclobutanil is used to control of Ascomycetes, Fungi Imperfecti, and Basidiomycetes on a wide variety of crops.
2. The primary use is for powdery mildew (Uncinula necator) control in vines and for combined leaf scab and powdery mildew control in apples.
3. Application rates typically 30-60 g/ha.
4. Also registered for control of Ascomycetes or Basidiomycetes diseases on a broad variety of crops including other pome fruit, stone fruit, cucurbits, strawberries, almonds, tomatoes, vegetables, hops, cotton, cereal seed treatments, turf and ornamentals.
5. It is used as a foliar treatment for control of powdery mildew, shot-hole, blossom blight, anthracnose and rust in stone fruit and nuts; powdery mildew in cucurbits; powdery mildew and rusts on ornamentals;
6. rusts on perennial grasses grown for seed; and as a seed treatment for control of seed- and soil-borne diseases in barley, maize, cotton, rice and wheat; and as a post-harvest treatment in crops such as banana.