Abstract
Peanut seeds require fungicidal protection against seedborne and soilborne fungi, and for many years this has been provided by a mixture of captan and quintozene. Restrictions on the use of captan in Australia led to an investigation to find a satisfactory substitute.
A systematic process of field testing to select potential fungicides and investigate their sensitivity to dosage, followed by commercial-scale testing by growers, has led to the selection of a satisfactory treatment. This treatment, containing 330 g a.i. of dichlofluanid and 400 g a.i, of quintozene per kilogram, is applied at 3 g/kg seed.
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Middleton, K.J., Tatnell, J.R. Substitution of dichlofluanid for captan in peanut seed dressing. Australasian Plant Pathology 18, 98–100 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1071/APP9890098
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1071/APP9890098