Metalaxyl 98% Tech

Product Description

Introduction:
A systemic fungicide used to control plant diseases caused by Oomycete fungi. Its effectiveness results from inhibition of uridine incorporation into RNA and specific inhibition of RNA polymerase-1. Both curative and systemic activity. Due to its broad-spectrum activity, metalaxyl is used worldwide on a variety of fruit and vegetable crops

Product kind: Fungicide
Chemical name: Methyl N-(methoxyacetyl)-N-(2, 6-xylyl)-DL-alaninate
Technical: 98%TC
Type of formulation: 35%WP, 25%WP, 25%EC

Characteristic and Usage:
Absorbed through the leaves, stems, and roots.

To control diseases caused by air- and soil- borne Peronosporales on a wide range of temperate, subtropical and tropical crops.

Used in mixtures as a foliar spray for tropical and subtropical crops, as a soil treatment for control of soil-borne pathogens, and as a seed treatment to control downy mildews.

Foliar sprays with mixtures of metalaxyl and protectant fungicides are recommended to control air-borne diseases caused by Pseudoperonospora humuli on hops, Phytophthora infestans on potatoes and tomatoes, Peronospora tabacina on tobacco, Plasmopara viticola on vines, Bremia lactucae on lettuce, and downy mildews on various vegetables, at 200-300 g/ha.

Soil applications of metalaxyl alone are used to control soil-borne pathogens causing root and lower stem rots on avocado and citrus, at 500-1500 g/ha.

Seed treatments control systemic Peronosporaceae on maize, peas, sorghum and sunflowers, as well as damping-off (Pythium spp. ) of various crops.

Item	Index
Item	98%TC	35%WP
A.I. Content, %	98.0 min	35.0 min
pH Value	1.0 max (as H2SO4)	7.0~9.0
Insoluble in Acetone, %	1.0 max	**
2,6-dimethylaniline, %	1g /Kg max	**
Suspensibility, %	**	96.0
Wetting time, s	**	35
Fineness (44μm), %	**	98.0 min