Penconazole
Action/Use:
- Fungicide
Use:
Protective, curative, and eradicative properties against powdery mildew, pome fruit scab, and other pathogenic ascomycetes, basidiomycetes, and deuteromycetes in grapes, deciduous fruits, vegetables, ornamentals.
Identification
Common Name(s): Penconazole (BSI, ISO draft)
Chemistry
Properties: Solubility in methanol at 20°C. 70 ppm 80%.
Mode of Action / Resistance Management
Chemical Group: triazoles
Taget Site: G1: C14-demethylase in sterol biosynthesis
Mode of Action: sterol biosynthesis in membranes
Action Group: FRAC Code 3
Comments / Risk Notes: Medium risk
Registration
U.S.A.: Development abandoned.
Environmental Guidelines
Water Solubility: 70 ppm at 20°C
Safety Guidelines
Signal Word: CAUTION
Toxicity Class: III
Toxicity: Tech (Rat): Oral LD50 2125 mg/kg. Dermal >3000 mg/kg
Suppliers and Branded Products
Basic Producers:
Syngenta (Omnex*, Relax, Topas*, Topaz*, Topaze*)
Formulators' Trade Names:
Agri Sciences Co., Ltd. (Pavlina*)
Chema Industries (Penco*)
Hektas Ticaret T.A.S. (Penrival*)
Parijat Industries (India) Pvt. Ltd. (Pinacle*, Pinnacle*)
B.V. Industrie- & Handelsonderneming Simonis (Wopro-penconazole*)
Stockton Agrimor AG (Almaz*, Penopaz*, Prefecto*)
Villa Crop Protection (Excalibur*)
Willowood Ltd. (Altos*, Penco*, Wilpenozole*)
Premix Products:
+ Captan
- Topas* C — Syngenta
+ Difenoconazole
- Ethos* — Meridian Agrochemical Pty. Ltd. t/a Meridian Agritech
- Venture* — Villa Crop Protection
+ Dinocap
- Preface* — Syngenta
Discontinued Names:
Byadex*
Topas* D
Topas* MZ
