Epoxiconazole
Action/Use:
- Fungicide
Use:
Control of Sigatoka in bananas, coffee rust in coffee. Brutus*, Capalo*, and Ennobe* for use on cereal crops. Swing* Gold for use on winter wheat. Tracker* for use on barley and wheat. Adexar* for use on barley, oats, rye, and wheat. Seguris* for use on winter rye and winter wheat, winter and spring barley, triticale.
Identification
Common Name(s): Epoxiconazole (BSI, ISOPA)
Chemistry
Class: Triazoles.
Properties: White, crystalline, weak smelling powder. Melting point 135°C.
Registration
U.S.A.: Not registered
Outside U.S.A.: Opus* for use in banana-producing countries in Central and South America. Adexar*, Brutus*, Capalo*, Ennobe*, Seguris* in U.K. Swing* Gold in Europe.
Environmental Guidelines
Hazards: Tech: Fish: LC50 (96 h) 2.2-4.6 mg/l (rainbow trout). Bird: LD50 >2000 mg/kg b.w. Bee: Nontoxic
Soil Particle Adsorption: High adsorption to organic soil matrix
Water Solubility: 7 mg/l at 20°C
Safety Guidelines
Toxicity: Tech: (Rat): Oral LD50 5000 mg/kg; Dermal 2000 mg/kg
Handling/storage Cautions: Do not eat, drink, smoke when using. Wash hands and face after use
Spill Control/cleanup: (Form): Large liquid spillage should be dammed-off and pumped into containers; soak up remainder with absorbent material and dispose of in accordance with local regulations. (a.i.): Solid spillage should be picked up with an industrial vacuum cleaner and disposed of in accordance with local regulations
Product/waste Disposal: Must be carried out in officially approved incinerator
Protective Clothing: Protective eyewear.
Suppliers and Branded Products
Basic Producers:
AAKO B.V. (BACHLOR*)
BASF Corporation (Opal*, Opus*)
Cheminova A/S (Rubric*)
Fertiagro Pte. Ltd. (Ferpal*)
Makhteshim Agan Group (Cortez*, Sopral*, Soprano*)
Milenia Agrociencias S.A. (Soprano*)
Sulphur Mills Limited (Sulpox*)
Formulators' Trade Names:
Proficol (Trigold*)
B.V. Industrie- & Handelsonderneming Simonis (Wopro-epoxiconazole*)
Villa Crop Protection (Epox*)
Premix Products:
+ Boscalid
- Tracker* — BASF Corporation
+ Carbendazim
- Atomic* — Zelam Ltd.
- Curador* — Proficol
- Duett* — BASF Corporation
- Merit* — SAFA TARIM A.S.
- Rapier* — Hektas Ticaret T.A.S.
- Respect* — Stockton Agrimor AG
- Soprano* C — Makhteshim Agan Group, Milenia Agrociencias S.A.
- Swing* — BASF Corporation
+ Dimoxystrobin
- Swing* Gold — BASF Corporation
+ Fenpropimorph
- Opus* Team — BASF Corporation
- Opus* Top — BASF Corporation
+ Fenpropimorph+ Kresoxim-methyl
- Allegro Plus* — BASF Corporation
- Juwel Top* — BASF Corporation, B.V. Industrie- & Handelsonderneming Simonis
- Mantra* — BASF Corporation
+ Fenpropimorph+ Metrafenone
- Capalo* — BASF Corporation
+ Fluxapyroxad
- Adexar* — BASF Corporation
+ Isopyrazam
- Seguris* — Syngenta
+ Kresoxim-methyl
- Allegro* — BASF Corporation
- Guapo* — Makhteshim Agan Group
- Juwel* — BASF Corporation
- Landmark* — BASF Corporation
- Ogam* — BASF Corporation
+ Metconazole
- Brutus* — BASF Corporation
+ Prochloraz
- Ennobe* — BASF Corporation
+ Pyraclostrobin
- Opera* — BASF Corporation
+ Thiophanate-methyl
- Nagphenate* — Multiplex Fertilizers Pvt. Ltd.
- Rex* — BASF Corporation
+ Tridemorph
- Opus* Duo — BASF Corporation
- Opus* Forte — BASF Corporation
- Opus* Plus — BASF Corporation
- Tango* — BASF Corporation
Discontinued Names:
Maxim* Star
Olympus*
