A Detailed Explanation of the Efficacy and Effects of Thiophanate-Methyl

Thiophanate-methyl is a fungicide with a very high frequency of use and is widely used by farmers. However, a small number of farmers are not very familiar with it, so what are the efficacy and effects of thiophanate-methyl?

1. Efficacy of Thiophanate-Methyl

It is a broad-spectrum systemic low-toxicity fungicide, with systemic, preventive and curative effects, has an acropetal translocation function, and has preventive and curative effects on many diseases. It has an inhibitory effect on spider mites and pathogenic nematodes.

2. Effects of Thiophanate-Methyl

1. Controlling fruit tree diseases: apple and pear scab, powdery mildew, anthracnose, ring rot; grape powdery mildew, brown spot, black pox, anthracnose; peach brown rot. From before the onset of disease or in the early stage, spray once every 7-10 days, for 5-7 consecutive sprays. Before storing citrus, soak with a 1000-fold dilution of 70% wettable powder to control penicillium rot and green mold during storage.

2. Controlling vegetable diseases: cucumber and watermelon powdery mildew, anthracnose, gummy stem blight, gray mold, sclerotinia rot; tomato gray mold, leaf mold; eggplant gray mold, verticillium wilt; pepper anthracnose, powdery mildew; Chinese cabbage (rapeseed) and napa cabbage sclerotinia rot, gray mold, etc.

3. Controlling flower diseases: flower powdery mildew, anthracnose, rose brown spot, crabapple gray spot, and clivia leaf spot, etc. Spray from the early stage of disease onset, once every 7-10 days, for 3-5 consecutive sprays.

4. Controlling tobacco diseases: it can control tobacco powdery mildew, white spot, and anthracnose. In the early stage of disease onset, spray with a 1000-1500-fold dilution of 70% wettable powder.

5. Controlling peanut diseases: it can control peanut leaf spot. From the early stage of disease onset, spray once every 10-15 days, for 3-4 consecutive sprays.

6. Controlling rice diseases: spray once each at the initial heading stage and the full heading stage to control rice blast; spray once each at the tillering stage and the jointing-elongation stage to control rice sheath blight.

7. Controlling wheat diseases: wheat powdery mildew, fusarium head blight, stinking smut, loose smut. Spray once in the early stage of wheat powdery mildew onset, then spray again after 10 days, to achieve a relatively good control effect.

Thiophanate-methyl can also be mixed with some pesticides. When using it, it is best to mix it according to the instructions, so as to achieve a better effect.