Iprodione
Action/Use:
- Fungicide
Use:
For control of Alternaria, Botrytis, Fusarium, Helminthosporium, Monilinia, Rhizoctonia, Sclerotinia, Septoria, etc. Developed in many countries on vine, table grapes, fruit, almonds, berries, cereals, potatoes, vegetables, flowers, ornamentals, turf, oilseed rape, seed treatment of cereals and vegetables; crops like sugar beets, sunflower, rapeseed, and rice.
Identification
Common Name(s): Iprodione (ANSI, ISO, BSI)
Chemistry
Properties: White, odorless, non-hygroscopic crystals. Stable under normal storage conditions. Soluble in acetone (300 g/l), benzene (200 g/l).
Mode of Action / Resistance Management
Taget Site: F1: NADH cytochrome c reductase in lipid peroxidation (proposed)
Mode of Action: Lipid and membrane synthesis
Action Group: FRAC Code 2
Comments / Risk Notes: Medium to high risk. See FRAC Dicarboximide guidelines for resistance management.
Environmental Guidelines
Soil Particle Adsorption: Low order of mobility in soil. Not persistent in soil
Hazards: Fish: LC50 6.7 mg/l (4 day) (rainbow trout), 2.25 mg/l (bluegill). Bee: Nontoxic
Water Solubility: Almost insoluble (13 mg/l)
Safety Guidelines
Signal Word: CAUTION
Toxicity Class: III
Handling/storage Cautions: Do not contaminate water, food, or feed by storage or disposal of this chemical
Toxicity: (Rat): Oral LD50 >4400 mg/kg. (Rabbit): Dermal LD50 >2000 mg/kg
Suppliers and Branded Products
Basic Producers:
Agriphar S.A. (Ippon*)
Bayer CropScience (Chipco* 26019, Kidan*)
Fertiagro Pte. Ltd. (Rover*)
FMC Corp. (Rovral*)
Levant Overseas Developments Ltd. (LOD) (Savior*)
OXON Italia S.p.A. (Grisu*)
Pilar AgriScience (Canada) Corp. (Pilardion*)
Sundat (S) Pte. Ltd. (Sundione*)
United Phosphorus Inc. (Meteor*)
Wangs Crop-Science Co., Ltd. (Ipsofacto*)
Formulators' Trade Names:
AAKO B.V. (ROCK*)
The Andersons Inc. (ProTurf* Fungicide X)
Diachem S.p.A. (Cluster*)
Hektas Ticaret T.A.S. (Herodion*)
Ladda Co., Ltd. (Toprul*)
OHP, Inc. (OHP Chipco* 26019)
Proficol (Quimera*)
SAFA TARIM A.S. (Rovone*)
B.V. Industrie- & Handelsonderneming Simonis (Wopro-iprodione*)
SM-BT Co., Ltd. (Sae Nobran*)
Vietnam Pesticide Joint Stock Co. (VIPESCO) (Viroval*)
Villa Crop Protection (Taurus*)
Willowood Ltd. (Vertigold*, Willodion*)
Zelam Ltd. (Defence*)
Premix Products:
+ Carbendazim
- Cardion* — Agro Chemicals Industries Ltd. (ACI)
- Wicarpro* — Willowood Ltd.
+ Chlorothalonil
- Platan* — SDS Biotech K.K.
+ Diniconazole
- Dina Super* — Agro Chemicals Industries Ltd. (ACI)
+ Thiophanate-methyl
- 26/36* — Cleary Chemical LLC
- ProTurf* Fluid Fungicide — The Andersons Inc.
+ Thiram
- Dirac Express* — Bayer CropScience
Discontinued Names:
Decco* Salt No. 35
Markant*
OHP 26GT*-O
Roller*
Sextant*
Sirocco*
