Product: Copper Oxychloride 35% Wettable Powder (WP)
Brand:
Category: Pesticides
Subcategory: Fungicides
Fungicide with Contact and Protective Action
Trade Name: Cupravit
Group: Inorganic
Mode of Action:
This fungicide inhibits enzymes and disrupts cellular metabolism, preventing the growth of pathogenic fungi.
This fungicide belongs to copper compounds and has both fungicidal and bactericidal effects.
Copper oxychloride is an inorganic contact and protective fungicide effective against a wide range of fungal and bacterial diseases.
Mostly used as a preventive treatment before disease symptoms appear.
May cause phytotoxicity in carrot and potato under certain conditions.
Can cause russeting (scarring) on some apple varieties.
Spraying schedule:
In spring at bud swelling
After flower drop
In autumn after leaf fall
| Crop | Disease | Application Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Date palms | Inflorescence rot | 2 g/L |
| Potato | Blight | 3 g/L |
| Tomato | Downy mildew | 3 g/L |
| Vegetables & cucurbits | Downy mildew | 1–2 kg/ha |
| Citrus | Gummosis | 1% slurry |
| Temperate fruit trees | Brown rot (Mummy disease) | 3 g/L |
| Peach | Peach leaf curl | 3 g/L |
Cucurbits & Tomato: 3 days
Temperate fruit trees & Peach: 14 days
Avoid mixing this fungicide with oils, organophosphate and carbamate insecticides, and alkaline products such as lime sulfur.