Developments in the use of prochloraz for tropical fruit disease control.
Knights I. K.
Author Affiliation: Schering Agrochemicals Ltd., Chesterford Park Res. Sta., Saffron Walden, Essex CB10 1XL, UK.
1986 British Crop Protection Conference. Pests and Diseases. Vol. 1. : 331-338
Abstract : Trial results are presented which demonstrate the efficacy of prochloraz as a post-harvest treatment for the control of storage diseases of tropical fruit. Prochloraz, formulated as an emulsifiable concentrate, was evaluated as a dip treatment to freshly harvested bananas, avocados, mangoes, pawpaws and citrus and a spray treatment to avocados. As a dip treatment over the range 25-100 g a.i./hl., good control was observed against all the important fungi causing storage rots of these tropical fruit. At 500 g a.i./hl. as a spray treatment, good protection was also afforded against anthracnose of avocados.