Detailed Product Description
Fungicide:Fosetyl-aluminium 80% WP
Composition Tech. is 95% pure.
Mol. wt. 354.1
M.f. C6H18AlO9P3
Form Colourless powder; (tech. is a white to yellowish powder).
M.p. >200
V.p. <0.013 mPa (25 )
KOW logP = -2.7 (pH 4)
Henry <3.93 10-8 Pa m3 mol-1 (calc.)
Solubility In water 120 g/l (20 ). In methanol 920, acetone 13, propylene glycol 80, ethyl acetate 5, acetonitrile 5, hexane 5 (all in mg/l, 20 ).
Stability Hydrolysis of fosetyl-aluminium occurs under extreme acid or alkaline conditions. DT50 5 d (pH 3), 13.4 d (pH 13). Decomposes above 200 .
Biochemistry
Acts by inhibiting germination of spores or by blocking development of mycelium and sporulation.
Mode of action
Systemic fungicide, rapidly absorbed through the plant leaves or roots, with translocation both acropetally and basipetally.
Uses
Control of diseases caused by Phycomycetes (Phytophthora, Pythium, Plasmopara, Bremia spp., etc.) on a variety of crops including vines, fruit (citrus, pineapples, avocados, stone fruit and pome fruit), berries, vegetables, hops, ornamentals and turf. Also useful activity against several bacterial plant pathogens.
